Lawsuit filed over school football concussion
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A lawsuit says a junior varsity football player in Medford was sent back into a game after suffering a concussion and has permanent brain damage.
The suit says Nicholas Harris was a sophomore in 2009 when he was injured in a game between his North Medford team and crosstown rival South Medford.
The suit says he was hit twice and told coaches he had a concussion, but they told him to “just try and stick it out.”
The suit says he was hit again, collapsed and was taken to the hospital, where doctors induced a coma. It says he is now 17 and suffers multiple effects from the injury.
The Medford Mail Tribune says the suit filed by his mother seeks $585,000, and school officials didn’t return phone calls.