M.U. ex rel. Urban v. Downingtown High School East
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
PAPPERT, District Judge.
This case concerns the extent to which public high school coaches, administrators and school districts can be subject to liability for injuries sustained by student athletes during interscholastic competition. Plaintiff M.U. was a promising student and soccer player whose life was indelibly changed after a blow to the head on a high school soccer field. She asserts that her' coach’s failure to remove her from the game after the injury and the school district’s failure to implement proper policies *617regarding concussion evaluations amount to a violation of her…
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