NCAA, Notre Dame Find Favor in Bid to Block Ohio Concussion Case

Lawyers for the NCAA, Notre Dame, and the estate of a 1970s-era college football player sparred April 11 in an appeal that could influence a myriad of cases filed by athletes who say their later-life brain diseases stem from head-banging sports they played decades ago.

The case is significant because the Ohio Supreme Court is the first appeals court, state or federal, to squarely consider whether chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, qualifies as a latent disease that extends the time within which a former player may sue a sports league under state law.

The decision could point the way for ...