NCAA Concussion Settlement Objector: Preliminary Approval Motion Goes Too Far

Mealey's (May 27, 2016, 10:45 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — The lead objector to the settlement between a class of former college athletes and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) on May 24 told the NCAA concussion multidistrict litigation judge that a joint motion filed by the NCAA and settling plaintiffs goes too far by asking the court to approve the release of all personal injury claims resulting from participation in a “single NCAA-sanctioned sport at a single-NCAA member school” (In Re: National Collegiate Athletic Association Student-Athlete Concussion Injury Litigation, MDL No. 2492, N.D. Ill.)....