The California Supreme Court on Wednesday denied the NCAA’s petition to review an appellate court ruling that allowed former USC assistant football coach Todd McNair’s defamation lawsuit against the organization to proceed.
That means the case -- on appeal since 2012 -- can finally resume in Los Angeles Superior Court.
A three-justice panel in the 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled last December that McNair had “demonstrated a probability of prevailing on the merits of his defamation case.” The NCAA had wanted the appellate court to strike McNair’s complaint and dismiss the lawsuit.