Attorneys representing the family of late University of Maryland football player Jordan McNair have sent a notice to state officials signaling that they might sue.
The largely procedural step — required by law — doesn’t guarantee a lawsuit will be filed, but it keeps the family’s options open as lawyers with the Baltimore-based law firm Murphy, Falcon & Murphy continue to work through the case.
McNair collapsed during a May 29 preseason practice in College Park, and died of heatstroke about two weeks later. The former McDonogh School standout was 19 years old.
Athletic training staff did not take McNair’s temperature and did not use a cold-water immersion treatment, a technique that researchers say has a 100 percent success rate for those suffering heatstroke when done correctly.