Only a day after reports of filing a concussion lawsuit, Marino announced a withdrawal from the suit. In his statement to Sports Illustrated, he said, “Within the last year I authorized a claim to be filed on my behalf just in case I needed future medical coverage to protect me and my family in the event I later suffered from the effects of head trauma.” He further said he was unaware that his name would be “automatically” attached to the suit when he authorized the …
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Dan Marino Files Concussion Lawsuit Against the NFL
On May 28, Dan Marino with 14 other former players filed a lawsuit against the NFL who allegedly misled the players about the long-term effects of concussions. The suit accuses the NFL’s “carelessness, negligence, intentional misconduct” related to the dangers of concussions. However, according to USA Today, Marino does not have “significant history of documented concussions” but suffered a neck injury. The suit does not provide any details on Marino’s current health. Eric Dickerson, Tony Dorsett, Bob Little, Randy White, and the estate of …
Continue ReadingNHL in Fight with Insurer over Concussion Lawsuits
The National Hockey League is currently being sued in two separate lawsuits by former players who allege that the league concealed the long-term effects of concussions and failed to adequately warn them of the same. On April 17, the NHL was sued again – this time by one of its insurers (TIG Insurance Co., a New Hampshire-based unit of Fairfax Financial Holdings, Ltd.), a company that hopes to limit or avoid its duty to defend the league in the existing cases and the new suits …
Continue ReadingNHL Faces Off with a New Concussion Suit
This week the NHL was hit with another concussion-based lawsuit brought against it by nine former hockey players. The 109-page court filing accuses the league of negligence for failing to properly warn and protect players from the risks involved with repeated head trauma. In pertinent part the complaint reads, “[D]espite the fact that the NHL’s violent game design induces head trauma, including concussions, the NHL has failed and continues to fail to warn its players of the risks to their lives and the devastating and …
Continue ReadingFormer Portland Timbers Soccer Player Files Concussion Lawsuit Against Team
Former Portland Timbers soccer player Eddie Johnson’s lawsuit is the latest development in the ever-evolving arena of concussion lawsuits by amateur and professional athletes. This is the second concussion suit brought by a player against an MLS club; Bryan Namoff sued DC United in 2012 and that litigation is ongoing.
Johnson filed his Complaint in Oregon state court against the team and its medical staff, alleging that his career ended prematurely because they negligently allowed him to play while he was still suffering from concussion-related …
Continue ReadingJunior Seau’s Family Displeased with Proposed Settlement in NFL Concussion Case
Fighting recently broke out amongst plaintiff’s attorneys attempting to settle the massive multi-district concussion litigation against the NFL after the presiding judge, U.S. District Judge Anita Brody, nixed a $760 million dollar settlement deal proposal. Judge Brody’s concerns were that the lump sum would be inadequate to fund what could potentially involve 20,000 claims by a variety of NFL alumni over a period of 65 years. Now, the family of the deceased NFL star Junior Seau is voicing their own objections to the proposed deal.…
Continue ReadingFormer Lions Running Back Latest to Sue NFL Over Concussions
Jahvid Best was a first-round draft pick for the Detroit Lions in 2010. Only three years later, the team released Best due to health complications the running back suffered as a result of incurring multiple concussions on the playing field. Best is now the latest NFL alum to join a long list of others in suing the league for intentionally downplaying the long-term risks of concussions and their role in later-life cognitive decline.
Best’s suit names the NFL, as well as helmet-manufacturers Riddell and Easton-Bell …
Continue ReadingDelay of Game: Slow Progress on Settlement in NFL Concussion Litigation
By late last year the giant NFL concussion lawsuit – a case where several thousand former NFL players are suing the league for intentionally downplaying the risks of concussions and related head injuries – looked to be drawing to an early end. Now, one week after U.S. District Judge Anita Brody rejected a motion for preliminary approval of a proposed $765 million settlement to end the ongoing multi-district concussion litigation against the NFL, renewed settlement talks amongst attorneys for the 4,500+ NFL alumni are becoming …
Continue ReadingFamily of Deceased High School Football Player Files Suit Against School
Late last fall, sixteen year old Damon W. James staggered to the sidelines and collapsed during a Westfield/Brocton high school football game. Three days later, Damon died at Women & Children’s Hospital in Buffalo, New York. It was initially reported that Damon suffered from a traumatic head injury caused by a helmet-to-helmet collision. However, it is now believed that several football-related head injuries incurred earlier in the season made Damon particularly susceptible to the fatal blow.
Damon’s mother and father have filed a notice of …
Continue ReadingMissouri Law Could Spell Trouble for NFL’s Chiefs in New Concussion Lawsuit
The NFL and over 4,500 former players are currently attempting to negotiate a settlement in the massive multi-district concussion litigation against the league. In brief, the plaintiffs’ accuse the NFL of intentionally downplaying and concealing the risks of concussions and the role of head injuries in later-life cognitive decline. Negotiations to resolve the matter recently resumed after U.S. District Judge Anita Brody rejected a proposed $765 million settlement deal that had been reached by the parties. Judge Brody strongly believed that this amount would be …
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