October 14, 2016
A Minnesota federal judge on Friday allowed former hockey players alleging the NHL hid the harmful effects of head injuries to add as a potential class representative the estate of a deceased player found to have suffered from the degenerative brain condition CTE, over objections from the league that the move came too late.
August 19, 2016
The National Hockey League is opposing an effort by former players in multidistrict litigation over concussions and head injuries to add as a potential class representative a dead player who would be the only representative diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease CTE, telling a Minnesota federal court that it is too late in the litigation.
July 28, 2016
Former National Hockey League players asked a Minnesota federal court Thursday to add the estate of deceased player Lazarus "Larry" Zeidel, who was found to have suffered from the degenerative brain condition known as CTE, as a new class representative because the estate is the only named plaintiff with a "concrete diagnosis."
July 27, 2016
In a recent letter to a U.S. senator, National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman dismissed any link between hockey and the degenerative brain condition known as CTE, citing a lack of scientific certainty, but some attorneys say the commissioner may have gone too far even as the league faces multidistrict litigation over the effects of head injuries.
July 26, 2016
National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman dismissed a link between hockey head injuries and the degenerative brain condition known as CTE in a letter to Sen. Richard Blumenthal that was filed Monday in multidistrict litigation over the issue.
July 14, 2016
Discovery in the multidistrict suit against the National Hockey League over the harmful effects of repeated head injuries and concussions took another step forward Wednesday as a Minnesota judge ordered the league's workers' compensation provider to release medical records from retired NHL players.
June 30, 2016
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is pressing National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman for answers about the league's stance on concussions, amping up public and political pressure on the sport as it faces sweeping multidistrict litigation over head injuries.
June 29, 2016
Two attorneys were added Tuesday to the executive committee for a class of former National Hockey League players who allege the league hid the harmful long-term effects of head injuries and concussions amid discovery disputes, according to court documents.
June 27, 2016
Former National Hockey League players struck back Monday at a workers' compensation insurer request that they pay for the cost of producing medical records in their multidistrict litigation against the NHL, telling a Minnesota federal court that the insurer is perfectly capable of turning over those records itself.
June 22, 2016
A workers' compensation insurer asked a Minnesota federal court on Tuesday to have former players in a multidistrict suit against the National Hockey League over the harmful effects of repeated head injuries and concussions pay for the cost of producing the redacted medical records they've demanded.