March 09, 2020
An ailing, retired NFL player says that if litigation funder Thrivest wants the $800,000 it has been hounding him over for months, it should go get the money itself, telling a Philadelphia federal court that Thrivest knows exactly how he spent the $1.1 million concussion settlement award tied to the loan.
November 14, 2019
An ailing retired NFL player has agreed to pay litigation funder Thrivest $1.25 million to repay a $500,000 loan tied to the NFL concussion settlement, ending a yearslong legal battle and foreshadowing victory for Thrivest in more than 30 similar cases.
November 01, 2019
Thrivest wants the U.S. Marshals to haul in and lock up two retired NFL players who allegedly owe the litigation funder millions from loans tied to the league's landmark concussion settlement, telling a Pennsylvania federal judge that a recent contempt finding and asset freeze have accomplished nothing.
October 17, 2019
A Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing a concussion settlement ordered on Thursday that retired NFL player William E. White be held in contempt for not depositing $1.25 million in escrow to pay off a $475,000 loan, rejecting the former safety's assertions he's too broke to pay.
October 16, 2019
A retired NFL player is fighting back against litigation funder Thrivest's attempt to throw him in jail for not depositing $1.25 million in escrow to pay off a $475,000 loan, telling the Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing the concussion settlement he's dead broke and suffering from severe brain damage.
September 23, 2019
Litigation funder Thrivest claims the federal judge overseeing the concussion settlement is ignoring a Third Circuit ruling that overturned her decision to void hundreds of loans, and in a highly unusual move, the funder has asked the appellate court to step in and force her hand.