The NCAA is not responsible for death of ex-USC linebacker Matt Gee, a jury concluded, a decision that could have broad implications in numerous other cases lined up against the governing body of college athletics.
, a decision that could have broad implications in numerous other cases lined up against the governing body of college athletics.
“We are gratified that the jury, after considering four weeks of evidence and testimony, agreed overwhelmingly with our position in this case,” Scott Bearby, NCAA senior vice president of legal affairs and general counsel, said in a statement. “The NCAA bore no responsibility for Mr. Gee’s tragic death, and furthermore, the case was not supported by medical science linking Mr. Gee’s death to his college football career. We express our deepest sympathies to Mr. Gee’s family.
Testimony established that Gee had severe, untreated hypertension since 1991. He also had coronary artery disease that led to the cardiac arrest, including documented ventricular arrhythmias. His heart was enlarged. He had advanced liver disease, untreated sleep apnea and was obese., a rare congenital malformation involving blood and lymph vessels and abnormal growth of soft and bone tissue.
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