Although the scandal at Penn State over sexual abuse committed by former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky broke back in 2011, the litigation that it spurred continues. The family of the late Joe Paterno, the longtime head coach, has been engaged in a legal battle with the National Collegiate Athletic Association over a number of issues from the scandal and Paterno’s subsequent firing.
In the case’s latest stage, a Pennsylvania county court ruled that previously undisclosed communications that were part of the investigation into misconduct at the school are not covered by the attorney-client privilege. That decision was then appealed to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
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