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2017 Legal Issues High Sch. Athletics [1] (2017)

handle is hein.hackneytwo/lihsa2017 and id is 1 raw text is: January-February 2017 In This Issue Case Summaries and Articles SCourt: School Attorney's Conversations with Former Cahe Are Unprotc IQ-Continue aaainst PrinCipal. School Dijtrict *Connecticut Lawsuit Alleges a Failure-to Follow , Consussin Pr otocl Turf Makers *Flori Court Turns Away fo Now. Cam tha School Board Was9 Liable for Treatment of Coach- SFarmer Student SuesSch I Ditricv r Blegacher Collapse I llinoia Judge declines to Intervene in Outo me of Hih School Fo tlI am *New Californ iaLa uSeeks to Protect Student- Atlete from Suddn Cardia Arres Court: School Attorney's Conversations with Former Coaches Are Unprotected In a majority decision involving a student athlete's concussion-related lawsuit against a school district, the Washington Supreme Court has ruled that communications between the school district's attorney and former coaches employed by the district are not shielded by the attorney-client privilege. In so ruling, the court conceded that it follows a flexible approach to application of the attorney-client privilege in the corporate context. However, the privilege does not broadly shield counsel's post-employment communications with former employees. Highland High School quarterback Matthew Newman and his parents claimed in a lawsuit that Newman suffered a permanent brain injury while playing in a high school football game in 2009, one day after he allegedly sustained a head injury at football practice. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that the Highland School District No. 203 violated Lystedt law, RCW 28A.600.190, which requires the removal of a student