{"id":6579,"date":"2017-08-01T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=6579"},"modified":"2017-07-31T01:06:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T01:06:02","slug":"athletic-trainer-causes-injury-must-attach-health-professionals-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/athletic-trainer-causes-injury-must-attach-health-professionals-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletic Trainer Who Causes Injury Must Attach Health Professional\u2019s Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois Appellate Court for the First District modified and answered the certified questions in addition to remanding a lawsuit back to the Circuit Court of Cook County. On Oct. 4, 2013, Drew Williams, who played on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lanetech.org\/\">Lane Tech High School<\/a>\u2019s football team, \u201cviolently collided\u201d with a teammate during a game. The collision came during the first quarter of the game. Drew, although shaken, was not assessed with concussive brain trauma and continued to play. During the fourth quarter, he showed signs of a concussion. It was later diagnosed that the blows to the head resulted in numerous brain bleeds, which rendered him disabled.<\/p>\n<p>The parents of Drew &#8212; Jodine and Christopher Williams &#8212; filed a lawsuit against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.athletico.com\/\">Athletico Ltd.<\/a> Athletico is a private company that was under contract with the <a href=\"http:\/\/cps.edu\/Pages\/home.aspx\">Chicago Public Schools<\/a> to assign and maintain an adequate staff of competent personnel who were &#8220;fully equipped, licensed . . . and qualified to provide on-site injury care and evaluation in all matters pertaining to the health and well-being of the athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Williams family claimed that Athletico was negligent in failing to assess their son.\u00a0 The head trauma or the concussion was the gist of their lawsuit.\u00a0 The Williamses also named Accelerated Rehabilitation Centers Ltd., the predecessor to Athletico, a company also under contract to provide athletic training of trainer services to Lane Tech students during football games and to evaluate and treat injuries during football games. The trainer assigned to the game was also named as a party defendant.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/athletic-trainer-causes-injury-must-attach-health-professionals-report\/#more-6579\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois Appellate Court for the First District modified and answered the certified questions in addition to remanding a lawsuit back to the Circuit Court of Cook County. On Oct. 4, 2013, Drew Williams, who played on the Lane Tech High School\u2019s football team, \u201cviolently collided\u201d with a teammate during a game. 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