December 10, 2019 Concussions / Litigation

Parents Respond to Pop Warner’s Attempt to Exit CTE Suit

On December 2, 2019, Kimberly Archie and Jo Cornell (plaintiffs) filed their response in opposition to Pop Warner’s motion for summary judgment. Archie’s son, Paul, and Cornell’s son, Tyler, participated in Pop Warner Youth Football between the late 1990s and early 2000s. Both young men passed away in 2014.

In an evaluation from Boston University, it was revealed that the young men suffered from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). In 2016, the plaintiffs filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, …

November 11, 2019 Concussions / Litigation

Youth Football Concussion Suit, Pop Warner Seeks to Exit

Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. submitted a motion for summary judgment to U.S. District Court Judge Phillip S. Gutierrez for the Central District of California on October 25, 2019. Pop Warner is a named defendant in a lawsuit alleging the organization knew of, and hid, the safety risks associated with youth football. The youth football organization is asserting the plaintiffs’ lack of evidence to show it was aware of the alleged health risks until years later.

According to the complaint filed September 1, 2016, Paul …

February 7, 2015 Concussions

New Study Heightens Conversation on Concussions and the Danger of Youth Football

A Boston University study released last week provides scientific data to suggest what many parents across the nation have grown to believe, that youth football is too dangerous. The findings show that NFL players who began playing football before the age of 12 express more cognitive difficulties than colleagues who began playing football later. Studies like this one have contributed to a national stigma attributed to the visibly violent though increasingly popular sport, leaving parents uncertain as to how they feel about their children participating.…