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Ex-Penn State doctor alleging in lawsuit coach James Franklin pressured him to clear injured players

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A former Penn State team doctor filed a lawsuit Monday morning in Dauphin County Court alleging that football coach James Franklin tried to pressure him to clear injured players to return to the field.

The lawsuit also alleges that after the plaintiff, Dr. Scott A. Lynch, reported Franklin’s actions to various Penn State department heads, he was removed from two positions he held on the athletic department’s medical staff.