(AP) -- LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Attorneys for fired coach Mike Leach want to take Texas Tech to trial in the next six weeks.
The coach's legal team filed court documents Thursday asking a state judge to allow them to depose adminstrators and others in about two weeks. One of those they want to question is Adam James, the player whose injury ultimately led to Leach's dismissal last month.
The sophomore receiver said Leach twice ordered him to stand while confined to small, dark places after the player was diagnosed with a concussion.
Leach was fired with cause, which means the university does not have to pay him any of the money remaining in his contract.
Leach's attorneys say they want to take the case to trial by March 1.
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