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Ongoing Developements of Sports Concussion Litigation Claims

Date: Monday, April 8, 2019
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 pm EST
Length: 90 minutes

Sponsored by Lorman Education Services


Registration for Session Only: $199.00

Registration plus Session Recording and Written Materials: $268.00
 

Description:

Gain a better understanding of the recent developments of sports concussions and the specific legal claims filed against them.

You will have the opportunity to learn first-hand from the lawyer who started all of the litigation against the NFL and NCAA. Jason Luckasevic began his journey against the NFL to help players and vindicate the name of Dr. Bennet Omalu.

Through learning about Jason’s struggles to bring the first NFL concussion case to hearing about his current litigation against the NCAA, you will be able to learn from the lawyer that started it all. This is a once in a lifetime chance to hear directly from one of the most knowledgeable sports brain injury lawyers in the country.

Areas Covered in the Session:

Update on Litigation Against All Parties Involved in Brain Injury Litigation Around the Country

Is This the End of Football?

• This Section Will Address the Current Campaign by the NFL, NCAA, Pop Warner and a Select Group of Former Players and Neurologists to Discredit Current Information About Brain Injuries and Football

What the Leagues Don'T Want You to Know

• This Section Will Study the "State of the Art" of Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury Research

CTE

• This Section Will Educate Attendees About CTE and the History Behind Its Discovery, Development, and Current "State of the Art"
• This Section Will Also Discuss the Future of CTE and the Potential Transition of CTE From a Pathological Diagnosis to a Clinical Diagnosis

Legal Claims – Theories of Liability

This Section Will Explain the Theories and Causes of Action Used in Court Against the Responsible Parties

Attendees Will Gain an Understanding of the Failures of the NFL and NCAA and Others to Provide Any Regulations, Monitoring, or Oversight for Concussions, Sub-Concussive Blows, and Repeated Head Trauma

Credit Information (Sponsored by Lorman Education Services):

  • CLE
  • NALA
For Detailed Credit Information page click here

Only registered attendee will receive continuing education credit.

Instructor Profile:

Jason E. Luckasevic, Goldberg Persky & White, P.C.

  • Shareholder and member of the advisory committee with Goldberg, Persky & White, P.C.
  • Manages the firm’s personal injury department and in that capacity litigates automobile accidents, slip and fall, personal injury, wrongful death and medical malpractice cases
  • Brought concussions in sports to international attention when he originated and filed the first two lawsuits against the National Football League on behalf of more than 120 retired players for their chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) brain injuries
  • Retains and consults with the most distinguished medical experts in the country, handling concussion injuries from the fields of psychiatry, neurology, neurosurgery, neuropathy and neuropsychology
  • Most sought after lawyer and expert consultant on sports brain injuries from the U.S. to Australia
  • Has been featured as the cover story in the NY Times Magazine, The United States of Football documentary, League of Denial, Concussion, CNN, MSNBC, Fox, US Today, and the LA Times
  • J.D. degree, Duquesne University Law School; B.A. degree, Washington & Jefferson College

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