The AP (11/30) reported that La Salle University in Philadelphia "will pay $7.5 million to provide lifetime care to a former football player who suffered a severe brain injury in a 2005 game, allegedly after an earlier concussion went untreated."
The New York Times (12/1, B14, Schwarz) reports, "Preston Plevretes, now 23, claimed that he was improperly treated by La Salle medical staff after sustaining a concussion during a practice in October 2005. Despite having continuing symptoms, the lawsuit said, Plevretes was cleared to play in a subsequent game in which a tackle caused brain damage that has left him with speech impediments, memory loss and other issues that require 24-hour care."
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