It has been just over two months since a concussion suit against the WWE was filed last October. Former World Wrestling Entertainment(“WWE”) wrestlers Vito LoGrasso, a.k.a. Big Vito and Skull Von Krush, and Evan Singleton, a.k.a. Adam Mercer, filed a suit against WWE, alleging WWE ignored signs of brain damages and other injuries while it focused on promoting violence for its business.
The court filing said,
“Under the guise of providing entertainment, the WWE has, for decades, subjected its wrestlers to extreme physical brutality that it knew, or should have known, caused created latent conditions and long-term irreversible bodily damage, including brain damage.”
LoGrasso, who wrestled with the WWE for about 10 years, alleged he suffers migraines, memory loss, depression and deafness. Singleton, who wrestled from 2012 to 2013, allegedly is disabled because of brain damages he suffered.
WWE counsel Jerry McDevitt said in response, “WWE has never concealed any medical information related to concussions, or otherwise, from our (performers). WWE was well ahead of sports organizations in implementing concussion management procedures and policies as a precautionary measure as the science and research on this issue emerged.”
The suit said that it could obtain class-action status and that WWE has hired at least 500 wrestlers and earns $500 million per year.