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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Brian Melley

NCAA on trial in concussion case of dead USC football player

Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

The widow of a former University of Southern California football player suing the NCAA for failing to protect her husband from repetitive head trauma is taking what could be a landmark case to a Los Angeles jury Friday.

Matthew Gee died in 2018 from permanent brain damage caused by countless blows to the head he took while playing linebacker for the 1990 Rose Bowl winning team, according to the wrongful death suit filed by Alana Gee.

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