MDL-2323 IN RE: NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS' CONCUSSION INJURY LITIGATION

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:12-md-02323

Court:

Pennsylvania Eastern

Nature of Suit:

P.I.: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

ANITA B. BRODY

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  1. December 02, 2014

    NFL Concussion Plaintiffs Improper As Class Reps: Group

    A public interest advocacy group told a Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday that the two former players leading the charge against the National Football League in landmark concussion-related litigation did not adequately represent the disparate interests of the more than 22,000 putative class members in the case.

  2. November 19, 2014

    NFL, Class Counsel Urge Approval Of Concussion Deal

    National Football League attorneys and class counsel on Wednesday pushed a Pennsylvania federal judge to approve a landmark class action settlement over concussion litigation, amid objections from certain former players and family that the deal did not properly cover a key degenerative brain disorder.

  3. November 04, 2014

    More Than 200 Ex-Players Opt Out Of NFL Concussion Deal

    More than 200 former players and their relatives have opted out of the controversial NFL concussion settlement that some have argued arbitrarily offers compensation for certain concussion-related degenerative illnesses such as Alzheimer's while restricting payouts for others, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to documents filed Monday. 

  4. October 03, 2014

    Nine Players Sit Out NFL Concussion Settlement

    Just nine former players so far have chosen not to participate in the proposed NFL concussion settlement, the lead-plaintiffs attorneys for the settling players said Thursday, ahead of the mid-October deadline to opt out of the controversial deal that recently withstood a Third Circuit appeal.

  5. September 12, 2014

    NFL Could Pay $950M Concussion Claims Over Decades

    The NFL could have to pay out roughly $950 million in total concussion claims over the course of its 65-year settlement term, assuming that roughly 60 percent of class members eligible for compensation participate in the deal, according to an actuarial report filed Friday.

  6. September 09, 2014

    NFL Must Show Economic Info Behind $765M Concussion Deal

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday ordered the National Football League to provide information on the economic reports used to calculate payouts under its $765 million settlement of the multidistrict litigation brought by former players over concussions.

  7. September 02, 2014

    NFL Rebuffs Players' Intervention Bid In Concussion Deal

    A group of ex-National Football League players who allege that they were encouraged to abuse painkillers should be barred from intervening in final negotiations over a proposed $765 million class action settlement in multidistrict litigation over concussions, the league told a Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday.

  8. August 13, 2014

    NFL Players In Painkiller Row Want Out Of Concussion Deal

    A group of former National Football League players who sued the league for allegedly encouraging players to abuse painkillers to play in games, including 1985 Chicago Bears Super Bowl champions Richard Dent and Jim McMahon, sought Tuesday to be excluded from a settlement in multidistrict litigation over concussions.

  9. August 05, 2014

    Ex-NFL Players Appealing $765M Concussion Deal's Approval

    Three former football players and two of their wives on Tuesday said they would appeal a Pennsylvania federal judge's preliminary approval of the National Football League's uncapped concussion settlement proposal totaling $765 million, which could impact their state suit against the Arizona Cardinals.

  10. July 31, 2014

    Ex-NFLers Seek Medical Docs Amid $765M Concussion Deal

    Twenty-four ex-National Football League players and retired players' wives asked a Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday to allow them to obtain medical records they claim are essential to deciding whether they will support the NFL's recent $765 million concussion settlement proposal in multidistrict litigation.