School District Settles with Athlete’s Family over Concussion Claim

The Highlands (Pa) School District has settled a concussion lawsuit brought by a student athlete for $20,000.   The incident occurred in the fall of 2007 when plaintiff Zack Alt was a football player on the Highlands High School football team. During the course of the football season, Alt allegedly suffered several concussions.   The last occurred during a playoff game. Yet after the concussion, head football coach Sam Albert left Alt in the game in “deliberate indifference” to his