Two parents filed a class-action lawsuit Thursday against Pop Warner Little Scholars, the nation’s largest youth-football organization, alleging that it misled parents about the safety of its program, according to the New York Times. The lawsuit, which also includes USA Football and the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment, or NOCSAE, alleges all three organizations …
Word comes that the parties to the suit filed by the parents of Derek Sheely, the football player who died from concussion-related injuries, have reached a settlement. The Board of Public Works approved the state’s part of the deal Wednesday. The three-member panel voted in favor of the proposed $50,000 payout to the family of Derek Sheely, who died in 2011 after he collapsed on the practice …
Northern Illinois Huskies players walk onto the field prior to a game against Central Michigan Chippewas at Huskie Stadium. (Photo: Mike Dinovo, USA TODAY Sports) 64 CONNECTTWEET8 LINKEDIN3 COMMENTEMAILMORE The Seattle-based law firm leading a variety of class-action lawsuits against the NCAA on Tuesday opened another front against the association, this time challenging the association’s rules …
A class-action lawsuit filed in Colorado is focusing new attention on the “life coaching” industry, a quickly growing but unregulated field that attracts many practitioners who lack any training or certification. Life coaching. Paul Bradbury / Getty Images/Caiaimage Coral Rose Grant and her husband Gary McGonagle “Mac” Grant II, who ran a life coaching business in Windsor, Colorado, called The …