The United States Supreme Court recently decided that a high school football coach’s refusal to give a dehydrated player water and care did not “rise to the level of a constitutional violation,” despite the fact that the boy died the morning after his hundred-degree football practice.  The boys’ parents, naturally, sought justice for their departed son, and they wanted to spare thousands of other parents even the thought of the agony they had endured.  Now, the parents wait to find out whether or not a state court will agree that the coach’s negligence was criminal.

Meanwhile, however, all the courts agree that the coach acted with “willful indifference” to the player’s condition, and the parents’ personal injury suit moves forward.  The parents’ attorney, naturally, looks forward to a jury’s finding in their favor and awarding both compensatory and punitive damages.

For athletes’ parents, however, a difficult problem remains: how does a parent determine whether or not to press charges against a coach or school official?  How does a parent know when even to file a claim?  Are coaches and teachers liable for injuries to students’ in their care?  How could they not be held accountable in some way?

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