Legal Opinion
Dorley v. South Fayette Township School District
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 4, 2015No. Civil Action No. 2:15-cv-00214PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MARK R. HORNAK, District Judge.
This case arises out of injuries sustained at a local high school football training camp in 2009. The Plaintiff, then an incoming high school freshman,1 participated in .a blocking drill with an -upperclassman and sustained injuries because of what he alleges was an unconstitutionally dangerous drill and the upperclassman’s excessively aggressive and tortious conduct during and after that drill.
Using 42 U.S.C. § 1983, he has sued the South Fayette School District and at least some of its football coaches, alleging federal (and. state) constitutional…
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