Former Cal cheerleader Melissa Martin is suing the Cal Coaches, the University and USA Cheerleading for ignoring her concussions. The news of the lawsuit broke yesterday through the Daily Cal. You can read the entirety of the piece below.
UC Berkeley senior and former campus cheerleader Melissa Martin suffered three concussions in the span of four months.
Now Martin is suing her coaches, the school and USA Cheer for allegedly not taking proper actions to prevent these injuries. Martin filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Alameda County Superior Court with Andrus Anderson LLP.
“The University of California should be leading the charge in concussion prevention,” said Martin’s attorney Jennie Lee Anderson in a Business Wire press release.