SCHMITZ v. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE

No. 2017-0098.

122 N.E.3d 80 (2018)

155 Ohio St.3d 389

2018-Ohio-4391

SCHMITZ et al., Appellees, v. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 31, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barkan Meizlish Handelman Goodin De-Rose Wentz, L.L.P., Sanford A. Meizlish , and Robert E. DeRose ; Columbus, Locks Law Firm, David D. Langfitt , and Melanie J. Garner ; and Hausfeld, L.L.C., and Richard S. Lewis , for appellees.

Squire Patton Boggs, L.L.P., Frederick R. Nance , Steven A. Friedman , and Sean L. McGrane , Cleveland, for appellant National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Jones Day, Matthew A. Kairis , Yvette McGee Brown , Aaron Michael Healey , Benjamin M. Flowers , and M. Ryan Harmanis , Columbus, for appellant University of Notre Dame du Lac.

Rourke & Blumenthal, L.L.P., and Jonathan R. Stoudt , Columbus, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Association for Justice.

Bricker & Eckler, L.L.P., Anne Marie Sferra , and Noorjahan Rahman , Columbus, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys.


{¶ 1} Steven Schmitz sustained repetitive concussive and subconcussive brain impacts while playing college football for appellant University of Notre Dame du Lac ("Notre Dame") in the mid-1970s. In December 2012, Schmitz was diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy ("CTE"), a degenerative...

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