Riggs v. NCAA: Indiana Court Rejects Duty of Care Claims in Former Football Player’s CTE Case

By William H. Gray, Senior Associate Attorney at Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd. In a significant decision addressing the scope of the NCAA's legal responsibilities to student-athletes, the Indiana Court of Appeals recently held that the NCAA owed no common-law duty of care to protect a former Texas A&M football player who allegedly developed Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) after years of repetitive head trauma. In Riggs v. NCAA, the court reaffirmed that responsibility fo