Health System Cleared in Catastrophic Concussion Case

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A jury issued a not-guilty verdict Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by the family of a catastrophically injured high school football player against the health system that cleared him to play one week after suffering a concussion.

In September 2014, Robert Back, then 16 years old, collapsed on the sideline with a near-fatal brain injury during a Belt (Mont.) High School game after receiving clearance to play by an athletic trainer supplied by Benefis Heath System. Back is now a quadriplegic, unable to speak or care for himself.

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