Dimry v. The Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan et al

  1. May 02, 2018

    NFL Retirement Plans Blast Ex-Player's Bid For Attys' Fees

    A pair of NFL retirement plans urged a California federal judge Tuesday to reject former cornerback Charles Dimry's bid for more than $280,000 in attorneys' fees and costs after the player secured a partial victory in his lawsuit alleging the plans improperly denied him disability benefits for football-related neck injuries.

  2. April 12, 2018

    Ex-Cornerback Seeks Attys' Fees In NFL Benefits Case

    Former NFL cornerback Charles Dimry has urged a California federal court to award him nearly $280,000 in attorneys' fees, after he claimed victory last month in a suit alleging the league's benefits plan paid doctors to issue opinions used to deny him disability coverage.

  3. March 13, 2018

    NFL Board Must Redo Ex-Cornerback's Benefits Case

    A California federal judge on Monday ordered an NFL retirement plan board to re-evaluate former NFL cornerback Charles Dimry's permanent disability benefits application after finding a plan board improperly defaulted to its appointed doctors when denying the player's bid for benefits.

  4. August 10, 2016

    NFL Retirement Plans Target Ex-Player's Disability Claim

    Two NFL retirement plans urged a California federal court to again dismiss a revised breach of fiduciary duty claim brought as part of a former pro football player’s lawsuit alleging he was repeatedly denied total disability benefits despite his doctors’ diagnoses, saying the former athlete is simply repackaging his rejected benefits claim.

  5. June 15, 2016

    Ex-NFLer's Claims Trimmed In Disability Benefits Suit

    A California federal court on Tuesday trimmed a breach of fiduciary duty claim from a suit brought by a former pro football player accusing two NFL retirement plans of repeatedly denying his application for total disability benefits despite his doctors’ diagnoses, saying he hasn’t shown a planwide injury.

  6. June 02, 2016

    Ex-NFLer To Mediate Denied Care Row With Retire Plans

    An ex-pro football player accusing two NFL retirement plans of using purportedly "neutral" doctors to deny care to former players in need has agreed to mediate with the plans, according to a filing Thursday in California federal court.

  7. May 18, 2016

    NFL Retirement Plans Say 'Neutral' Docs Don't Defraud Players

    Two NFL retirement plans said Tuesday that they do not breach their fiduciary obligations to players by using "neutral" doctors to help determine whether benefits should be awarded, urging a California federal court to toss part of a lawsuit from a player who says he was denied benefits for neck injuries despite the opinions of his own doctors.

  8. March 24, 2016

    Former NFL Player Sues Disability Benefits Plan Over Denial

    A former National Football League player who suffered a neck injury during his playing career filed suit against the league's retirement plan Wednesday, telling a California federal judge that the plan repeatedly denied his application for total disability benefits despite his own doctors' diagnoses.