IN RE: National Hockey League Players' Concussion Injury Litigation
Case Number:
0:14-md-02551
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Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action, Multi-district Litigation
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Firms
- Bassford Remele
- Chestnut Cambronne
- Corboy & Demetrio
- Cuneo Gilbert
- Faegre Drinker
- Goldman Scarlato
- Gustafson Gluek
- Heins Mills
- Hellmuth & Johnson
- Hogan Lovells
- Larson King
- Lockridge Grindal
- Namanny Byrne
- Proskauer Rose
- Robbins Geller
- Silverman Thompson
- Skadden Arps
- Thompson Tarasek
- Zimmerman Reed
Companies
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October 26, 2015
Players Vow Not To Use NHL Concussion Docs For Media Fight
Former hockey players in multidistrict litigation with the National Hockey League over the effects of concussions again urged a Minnesota court last week to unseal documents the league wants kept secret, saying the players have no intention of trying the case in the press.
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October 22, 2015
NHL Blasts Bid To Open Up Concussion Docs
The National Hockey League on Wednesday demanded that discovery documents in multidistrict litigation by former players over concussions stay sealed, telling a Minnesota federal court that the former players want to levy a massive media spin campaign to sway favor in the court of public opinion.
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October 13, 2015
Former Players Want NHL Concussion Documents Opened
Former hockey players in a multidistrict combined case in Minnesota against the National Hockey League over the effects of concussions are asking the court to open up the documents being handed over by the league that the league wants kept secret, with the players arguing there is significant public interest in the documents.
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October 05, 2015
NHL Wants Players To Explain Studies In Concussion MDL
The NHL on Monday asked the Minnesota federal court overseeing multidistrict litigation over concussions filed by former players to force the players to explain their positions on studies that the players say put the league on notice of the dangers of concussions.
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September 28, 2015
Ex-NHL Players Drop Concussion Suits Amid Discovery Fight
A Minnesota federal judge signed off on voluntary dismissals Monday by former NHL players in concussion-related multidistrict litigation whom the league had accused earlier this month of failing to comply with a court order asking them to submit certain fact sheets.
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September 25, 2015
NHL Seeks To Trim Concussion MDL Over Discovery Failures
The NHL on Tuesday asked a Minnesota federal court to toss the claims of three plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation filed by former players over the long-term effects of concussions, claiming they failed to comply with a June court order asking them to submit fact sheets.
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July 31, 2015
NHL Must Produce Medical Records In Concussion Suit
A Minnesota federal judge on Friday ordered the National Hockey League and its teams to produce de-identified medical records in the multidistrict litigation filed by former players over the long-term effects of concussions, saying the anonymized data would not violate privacy protections.
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July 22, 2015
Ex-Blackhawks Player Joins NHL Concussion MDL
A suit claiming the National Hockey League failed to warn former Chicago Blackhawks center Steve Ludzik of hockey-related brain damage risks will be consolidated with similar cases in Minnesota federal court, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation said Wednesday.
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July 13, 2015
Ex-NHL Players Push For Medical Docs In Concussion MDL
Former National Hockey League players accusing the league of concealing the long-term effects of concussions fought Friday for the release of injury records compiled by the league, saying players can't expect the same privacy protections as private citizens.
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June 03, 2015
NHL Says Concussion Plaintiffs Shifting Med Records Demand
The National Hockey League and its U.S.-based clubs told a Minnesota federal court Tuesday that the former players suing the league over the long-term effects of concussions have retreated from their medical record demands in what is "in effect a new motion."