Field Hockey Concussion Claims Against U.S., Not NCAA, Survive

The NCAA and American University won dismissal of a field hockey player’s claims for the alleged misdiagnosis of her concussion, but claims against the U.S. may proceed based on an Army doctor’s role in the diagnosis, a federal trial court in Washington ruled.

Plaintiff Jennifer Bradley failed to show that the NCAA was the proximate cause of her injury, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said, dismissing her negligence claims against the league.

Bradley’s negligence and medical malpractice claims can’t go forward against the university because she signed an acknowledgment of risk form agreeing to hold the ...