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MDL-2323 IN RE: NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS' CONCUSSION INJURY LITIGATION
Case Number:
2:12-md-02323
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Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action, Multi-district Litigation
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Firms
- Acosta & Associates
- Berkowitz & Hanna
- BrownGreer PLC
- Collins & Truett
- Dugan Law Firm
- Giddens Law Firm
- Hangley Aronchick
- Kairys Rudovsky
- Locks Law Firm
- Lorentz Law Firm
- Moirano Gorman
- MoloLamken
- Paul Weiss
- Pope McGlamry
- Robins Cloud
- Sanders Warren
- Steckler Wayne
- Welsh & Recker
- Wilkinson Stekloff
- Zuckerman Spaeder
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April 14, 2015
Objectors Say Revised $765M NFL Concussion Deal Falls Short
Dozens of former NFL players objected in Pennsylvania federal court Monday to the terms of a $765 million settlement in a class action over concussions and brain damage, claiming that the amended deal still benefits the league at the players' expense.
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February 27, 2015
NFL Players Won't Take A Knee On Revised $765M Settlement
Several former professional football players objected Friday to an amended $765 million proposed settlement in multidistrict litigation regarding concussions with the National Football League, saying the amendments create a situation in which players with a certain brain condition would have incentive to commit suicide before the cutoff date for benefits.
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February 03, 2015
NFL Judge's Hands-On Role Sets Tone For Concussion Fights
The Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing the contentious settlement process in the NFL concussion litigation has urged the parties to make changes to their proposed deal in order to include more former players, taking an unusually solicitous approach that could shape settlement negotiations in other ongoing concussion battles, attorneys say.
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February 02, 2015
NFL Concussion Judge Wants Changes To $765M Settlement
The National Football League may have to make a few changes to its $765 million settlement in multidistrict concussion-related litigation, including making concessions for sufferers of a brain condition that's hard to detect, according to an order in Pennsylvania federal court on Monday.
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December 03, 2014
NFL Players, Families Look To Sack $800M Concussion Deal
The federal judge overseeing multidistrict concussion-related litigation against the NFL was urged Tuesday to reject a nearly $800 million settlement agreement over concerns that the deal didn't do enough for sufferers of a particular degenerative brain condition.
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December 02, 2014
NFL Concussion Plaintiffs Improper As Class Reps: Group
A public interest advocacy group told a Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday that the two former players leading the charge against the National Football League in landmark concussion-related litigation did not adequately represent the disparate interests of the more than 22,000 putative class members in the case.
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November 19, 2014
NFL, Class Counsel Urge Approval Of Concussion Deal
National Football League attorneys and class counsel on Wednesday pushed a Pennsylvania federal judge to approve a landmark class action settlement over concussion litigation, amid objections from certain former players and family that the deal did not properly cover a key degenerative brain disorder.
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November 04, 2014
More Than 200 Ex-Players Opt Out Of NFL Concussion Deal
More than 200 former players and their relatives have opted out of the controversial NFL concussion settlement that some have argued arbitrarily offers compensation for certain concussion-related degenerative illnesses such as Alzheimer's while restricting payouts for others, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to documents filed Monday.
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October 03, 2014
Nine Players Sit Out NFL Concussion Settlement
Just nine former players so far have chosen not to participate in the proposed NFL concussion settlement, the lead-plaintiffs attorneys for the settling players said Thursday, ahead of the mid-October deadline to opt out of the controversial deal that recently withstood a Third Circuit appeal.
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September 12, 2014
NFL Could Pay $950M Concussion Claims Over Decades
The NFL could have to pay out roughly $950 million in total concussion claims over the course of its 65-year settlement term, assuming that roughly 60 percent of class members eligible for compensation participate in the deal, according to an actuarial report filed Friday.