Rolando McClain settles 2-year-old lawsuit with Alabama student
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Former Alabama football player Rolando McClain has settled a lawsuit accusing him of hitting a student with a vehicle and physical assault in 2008.
McClain and Stanford Matthew Mangham, the Alabama student, filed in late March a joint stipulation of dismissal of all claims. That ends one legal issue in Alabama for McClain, now an NFL linebacker for the Oakland Raiders, while other matters remain from a more recent incident.
Mangham said in his suit that McClain intentionally hit him with a vehicle twice on Nov. 13, 2008, left the scene to secure other Alabama football players to intimidate him, and then verbally and physically assaulted him again. Mangham had claimed he needed multiple dental procedures and oral surgery to treat permanent injuries and was seeking at least $75,000 in punitive damages.
McClain denied the allegations in court documents. One of his defenses was that damages complained of by Mangham "were caused and/or contributed by his own negligence and/or the negligence of others."
The case was scheduled for trial on June 5. Attorneys for both sides declined to say if McClain paid Mangham as part of the settlement. The motion for dismissal said each party was required to pay its court costs.
"The matter has been resolved to the mutual benefit of both parties," said Jay Ezelle, McClain's attorney.
McClain is also scheduled for trial on May 17 for allegedly punching a man, threatening to kill him and firing a pistol near his ear last November in Decatur. McClain pleaded not guilty and also faces a lawsuit over the incident. McClain's attorney in that case, Billy C. Burney II, has previously said the linebacker denies firing a gun and being involved in the fight.