Ruling Sends Concussion Case Involving Illinois Cheerleader to Trial

An Illinois state appeals court has reversed, in part, the ruling of a lower court, which granted summary judgment to a school district and other individual defendants in a case in which they were sued by a cheerleader after she suffered multiple falls during a cheerleading practice, which led to severe post-concussion syndrome.   In so ruling, the appeals court found that factual issues remained about whether the defendants actually had knowledge of plaintiff Kelli Swanson’s injuries and