Minimizing Risk of Legal Liability for Sport-Related Injuries: A Concussion Defense Lawyer’s Take
December 4, 2014
Sports Litigation Alert
Types : Bylined Articles
As the number of reported concussions and other sport-related injuries continue to increase at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels, more and more lawsuits alleging the failure of schools, health care providers, and athletic associations to meet the appropriate standard of care are being filed. The popularity of these actions is attributable not only to the increasing knowledge surrounding concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (as well as the now-highly-publicized nature of sport-related injuries), but also because plaintiffs’ attorneys who brought asbestos cases in the 1970s and 1980s, and tobacco cases in the 1990s, are now targeting “concussion cases.”
This article was originally published in Concussion Litigation Reporter.