April 03, 2024
A Florida federal judge threw out a suit from a former NFL player who said fraud made him miss out on the disability benefits he was owed, ruling he missed the deadline to challenge the decision that lowered his payments.
November 30, 2023
An NFL retirement and disability plan has asked a Florida federal court to nix a lawsuit from a former Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end who claims he wrongly missed out on a high level of injury benefits, arguing the player didn't exhaust administrative remedies before filing his complaint.
October 31, 2023
A Florida federal court will not silence a former Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end while he sues the NFL disability plan over benefits, ruling his social media posts and text messages are not threatening enough to tip the scales and justify restricting his right to free speech.
October 27, 2023
A former NFL player suing the league's health and benefits plan should be forced to keep his commentary to court filings and he should not attempt to contact and potentially threaten one of the defense witnesses, the plan said in Florida federal court.
October 25, 2023
A former Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end has pushed back on efforts by the NFL's disability plan to gag him, arguing the basis of the request is not a good enough reason to damper his free speech.
October 18, 2023
The NFL's disability plan wants to silence a former Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end, who is suing the organization over benefits, after he made threatening and intimidating public comments about the case, noting that not even former President Donald Trump is allowed to behave in that manner.
August 22, 2023
The NFL's disability plan wants a Florida federal court to dismiss the injury benefits lawsuit of a former player, saying Monday he should not be given a third chance to plead his claims in an attempt to cure deficiencies in his first two complaints because there is no way to fix the flaws with available facts.
August 14, 2023
A former Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end urged a Florida federal court Monday not to toss his lawsuit claiming he got swindled out of benefits after leaving the NFL, arguing his claims that someone tampered with his benefits application were strong enough to move forward.
July 24, 2023
The NFL's disability benefits and retirement plans told a Florida federal court it should toss a former defensive end's lawsuit claiming his benefits have been inappropriately low for years, arguing the ex-player failed to back up claims that his benefits application was fraudulently edited.
June 20, 2023
The NFL's disability benefits plan for players urged a Florida federal court to toss a former defensive end's suit claiming his benefits were shortchanged because his 2006 application was fraudulently edited, arguing the ex-player filed his complaint over a decade too late.