Torts/Personal Injury,
Entertainment & Sports
Dec. 30, 2024
Head injury inherent risk in football, NCAA not to blame, panel rules
Citing inherent risk assumption, an appellate court unanimously upheld the NCAA's position against a widow claiming her husband's CTE from football led to his death.
An appellate panel unanimously ruled in favor of the National Collegiate Athletic Association against the widow of a football player who died from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
"It is undisputed that getting hit in the head is an inherent risk of college football," the 2nd District Court of Appeal stated. "So, under the assumption of risk doctrine, the NCAA's only duty was not to increase that risk."
The opinion was written by Division ...
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