Pop Warner facing 2020 trial in lawsuit alleging negligence, wrongful death

In its 90-year history, the nation’s largest youth football organization, Pop Warner, has never once faced trial. Even as mounting concerns over safety threatened to change that in recent years, Pop Warner has stopped most legal challenges before they start, evading courtrooms with a series of undisclosed, out-of-court settlements.
But the organization’s days of avoiding legal scrutiny appear to be finished. A lawsuit filed by two California mothers against Pop Warner has officially