Judge lets mother of dead Northwestern player attend depositionsDate: 15.07.2003
Posted by: Anabolic Info Team United States
A Cook County judge on Tuesday denied Northwestern University's request to have the mother of a football player who died during a workout barred from depositions in her wrongful death lawsuit.
But Judge Kathy Flanagan ruled she would have her own representative attend depositions to make sure all the parties behave, said Northwestern attorney Eric Quandt. Earlier this month, Northwestern's attorneys had complained in court papers about Linda Will's "harassing, threatening and intimidating behavior."
Flanagan said she would attend a deposition this week of a Northwestern doctor who destroyed records of a routine physical exam of Wheeler three weeks before Wheeler's death, Quandt said.
Both sides in the contentious lawsuit told reporters after the hearing that they were pleased with the judge's decision.
Wheeler's parents filed the lawsuit because they contend the university provided poor medical care when Wheeler, a starting safety, collapsed and died on Aug. 3, 2001, after participating in a conditioning drill. Northwestern argues ephedra-containing supplements Wheeler was taking caused his death.
Will lives in Ontario, Calif. but has attended nearly every deposition in the case. | 
