Defendants in the lawsuit filed by a former Penn State football doctor are asking a judge to vacate the jury's decision, saying that Dr. Scott Lynch did not prove his claim of wrongful termination.
A Pennsylvania jury awarded Dr. Scott Lynch, Penn State's former football team doctor, $5.25 million in damages in his wrongful termination lawsuit against several parties, including his employer Penn State Health.
Penn State football coach James Franklin is in the news this week. May is a time when college football coaches would probably generally prefer to have their names out of the headlines.
A former Penn State football doctor has claimed that coach James Franklin has tried to interfere with the decision making of team trainers and doctors.