Notre Dame Player’s Brain Injury May Be ‘Latent,’ Ohio Judges Rule (2)

The estate of a former Notre Dame football player may proceed with negligence claims that his degenerative brain condition counts as a latent disease not subject to Ohio’s usual time bar, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Oct. 31.

The case is significant because the Ohio top 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.

Typically claims must be filed within two years of the injury.

“The court didn’t ...