More insight into a lawsuit that took 19 years to settle
Justice Prevails (Part 2) More insight into a lawsuit that took 19 years to settle believe this settlement will n the previous issue I talked affect, at least in the state of about a lawsuit I worked Illinois, how the legal system on in Chicago that resulted looks at sport-related injufrom a catastrophic injury to ries. It’s also a wakeup call a young man, Ryan Murray, for teachers to get them to and took 19 years to settle. I understand, very clearly, that need to tell you more about they have to be vigilant when this case. they coach or teach.
And if In February of this year they don’t know how to teach I got a call from the Murray a specific skill, then they must family’s representative, who study it before they put any told me they did not have to kid in harm’s way. go to trial because the defenYou can’t get lackadaisical dant had finally settled the in a PE class. If you’ve been case for $14,675,000. Even At the 2010 BFS National Certification, BFS clinicians such though Ryan has been a quad as Doug Kaufusi ensured that the coaches who attended un- teaching for 20 years, and you derstood proper spotting technique along with proper lifting get lazy and neglect to take since 1991, in the end there technique.
precautions you would have was no guilt or innocence earlier in your career, a kid Murray became a quad in 1991 and is established – it was just a could get hurt. How would you live with still a quad in 2010. Now he can live a settlement. Everybody goes home and yourself? And in any trial that ensues, the decent life and get all the best medical Ryan moves on. jury will be asking did you in fact at the care he deserves for the rest of his life. One thing this case illustrates in a time of the injury fall below the standard But if you’d ask him if he would rather dramatic fashion is that lawsuits can be of care in your profession.
That’s the have $14 million or be able to walk very, very expensive. I don’t know how lesson to be learned from Ryan Murray’s much the law firm that worked for Ryan again, the choice would be obvious. tragic accident. When I first read about the case Murray spent, but I would venture to in 1994, I believed, based upon the guess that it’s deep into the six figures, evidence presented, that this was a maybe even a million dollars over the “The Dark Side of grievous violation of standards of care. I Sports” is a regular feature past 19 years. believed that in 1994, and I believed it The case not only cost a tremenby Dr.
Marc Rabinoff that in 2001when the Illinois State Supreme dous amount of money, a settlement answers questions about Court agreed with me and used my that may result in bankrupting a public safety and liability based work as part of their decision. And I school district, but the fact is Ryan upon actual litigations.
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