Panel Finds ‘Common Issues,’ Orders Consolidation of Concussion Lawsuits Against NCAA

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has found sufficient commonality across a number of concussion lawsuits targeting the NCAA to consolidate or “centralize” the lawsuits and consider them as one in the Northern District of Illinois.   The panel issued the order on December 18 after a hearing in Las Vegas, to the relief of the NCAA, which supported the consolidation. District Judge John Z. Lee will oversee the litigation.   The impetus for the decision was a motion