Schmitz v. Natl. Collegiate Athletic Assn. (Slip Opinion)
Ohio Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtFrench, J.
*389 {¶ 1} Steven Schmitz sustained repetitive concussive and subconcussive brain impacts while playing college football for appellant University of Notre Dame du *83 Lac ("Notre Dame") in the mid-1970s. In December 2012, Schmitz was diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy ("CTE"), a degenerative brain disease. By 2014, at age 58, he had been additionally diagnosed with severe memory loss, cognitive decline, Alzheimer's disease, and dementia, all of which he claimed were caused, aggravated, and/or magnified by the repetitive head impacts he sustained while playing football for Notre Dame.…
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