Judge Peter Handwork from Lucas County scheduled the civil trial for April 16-27, 2018 in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. The final pretrial conference will be held by telephone on April 6.
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Handwork also set several other discovery and motions deadlines, according to online court records. In July Handwork dismissed UD’s motion to dismiss the case brought by Max Engelhart.
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Engelhart claims he was forced to chug high-alcohol drinks like Four Loko as part of a “Mad Dogs” or “Mad Caps” initiation to the UD football team. Defendants include UD football coach Rick Chamberlin, strength coach Jared Phillips and others.
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Engelhart, then a 6-foot-1, 270-pound offensive lineman, said he woke up Dec. 8, 2014, covered in his own vomit, feces and urine and with a headache later diagnosed by UD’s team physician as a concussion.
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Engelhart claims he quit football, left the university and has been prescribed a medicine typically given to Alzheimer’s and dementia patients.
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