A class action has been filed on behalf of reportedly 2,138 former NFL players against the NFL. They claim the NFL failed to disclose known links of head trauma and permanent brain injury. The June 7th class action consolidates 81 lawsuits that were filed through May 25 against the leagu. The total number of plaintiffs
Concussion Issues
NCAA Hit with Class Action Concussion Lawsuit
By Nikki L. Wilson Crary on
A federal class action lawsuit has been filed in the Northern District of Illinois against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and NCAA Football on behalf of current and former NCAA football players who sustained a concussion(s) or suffered concussion-like symptoms while playing football at an NCAA school. The lawsuit alleges the NCAA has failed…
NFL Concussion Lawsuit – Can Plaintiffs’ Negligence Claims Survive California’s Workers’ Compensation Exclusivity Rule May Block Negligence Claims
By Nikki L. Wilson Crary on
Posted in Concussion Issues, NFL
Seventy-five former NFL players and some of their spouses have filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against the NFL and a long-time supplier of protective helmets, alleging that the League knew as early as the 1920s of the harmful effects that concussions may have on a player’s brain, but concealed that information from…