“Schmitz’s experience of disorientation as to time and place following head impacts establishes that he was, or at least should have been, aware that he had sustained head injuries. But head injuries, including concussions, are an inherent part of football…They do not inherently suggest the existence of actionable wrongdoing.”

Justice French, majority opinion

On October

Update: On  October 31, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case.  Read the analysis here.

On April 11, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in Steven Schmitz et al. v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass’n et al., 2017-0098. At issue in this case is whether