NCAA Concussion Lawsuits — a Plea for Strict Liability

By Barbara Osborne, J.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   As of this writing, the NCAA Concussion Litigation settlement has still not been approved. U.S. District Court Judge Lee rejected first settlement, expressing uncertainty whether the $70 million testing fund was enough and lack of clarity in the way that the NCAA would enforce its concussion management policy. The new offer, filed April 15, 2015, does not specify a limit on the amount of funding to provide testing for st