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Sports doctor sex abuse

WILMINGTON, N.C. — A federal court in North Carolina granted a former North Carolina State University student’s motion to certify his civil rights lawsuit for appeal. He says the school covered for a sports medicine doctor who groomed and sexually abused him, and the court says a jury could reasonably conclude the university should have taken responsibility for the doctor’s behavior and was aware of it.

Read the ruling here.

Categories / Briefs, Civil Rights, Education, Personal Injury, Sports

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