9th Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment For Pop Warner In Head Injury Suit

Mealey's (September 14, 2021, 10:28 AM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — Two parents of youth football players diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) post-mortem failed to show that the football program in which they participated was “likely” to have caused their deaths, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Sept. 10, affirming a summary judgment ruling for the program on claims brought under California law but ordering that the complaint be amended nunc pro tunc to reflect the state in which the parents are citizens....