Approval Granted To 50-Year Medical Monitoring NCAA Concussion Class Settlement

Mealey's (August 13, 2019, 1:45 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge in Illinois on Aug. 12 signed off on a class settlement that will provide a $70 million medical minoring fund to pay medical monitoring program expenses for the next 50 years and $5 million for concussion-related research, ending a multidistrict litigation by former collegiate athletes who accused the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) of mishandling student-athlete concussions and concussion-related risks (In re National Collegiate Athletic Association Student-Athlete Concussion Injury Litigation, MDL No. 2492, No. 13-9116, N.D. Ill., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 135682)....