Pennsylvania Athletic Association Hit With Class Suit Over Students’ Concussions

Mealey's (December 21, 2015, 1:36 PM EST) -- NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Two former student athletes and the parent of a current high school athlete filed a class complaint Dec. 10 in the Lawrence County, Pa., Court of Common Pleas accusing the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Inc. (PIAA) of knowing about the risk concussions pose to student athletes and failing to change its rules and policies to address the danger and seeking damages from the organization for concussion-related injuries (Jonathan Hites, et al. v. Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc., No. N/A, Pa. Common. Pls., Lawrence Co.)....

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