Governmental Claims and Sports Injury

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A young high school girl on the volleyball team was warming up with her teammates before a game. The assistant coach in this regional high school was a tall guy. He spiked the ball with such force at this student that when she missed it, the ball hit her forehead and knocked her over onto her head. She ended up with a severe concussion that kept her out of school for a year. Attorney Goodman set a proper Chapter 258 governmental tort claim notice to the school district administrator, principal and school committee chair, then commenced suit after the statutory six months had elapsed. After extensive discovery, the case was submitted to non-binding mediation before a retired judge. Goodman had secured written narrative reports from the treating physicians linking the injury to her long period of disability. The case was settled for close to the maximum $ 100,000 statutory limit.