January 25, 2019
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is being hit with what could be more than 200 new concussion lawsuits by former college football players who are seeking to represent classes of players at hundreds of schools across multiple NCAA divisions, an attorney representing the players said.
January 04, 2018
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has approved the consolidation of a proposed class action against the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Atlantic Coast Conference with the ongoing concussion MDL in Illinois federal court.
July 14, 2016
The NCAA is again a target in a new wave of class actions over student-athletes' repeated head injuries and concussions, but experts say plaintiffs could hit a roadblock as the NCAA is trying to tie the new claims to a related settlement.
July 29, 2014
The NCAA's freshly minted $75 million settlement of student-athlete concussion litigation prompted an immediate backlash Tuesday from some plaintiffs' attorneys, with one telling an Illinois federal judge that the deal lets the NCAA dodge billions of dollars in liability while doing nothing for players who were actually injured.