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The $765 million settlement in August 2013 between the NFL and former players only protected the NFL. "I think all of our clients were disappointed", McClain said of his clients reaction to the settlement with the NFL. [83] The players suing the Chiefs have all opted-out of the settlement from the previous mediation with the NFL.
The federal judge overseeing the $1 billion concussion settlement with the NFL awarded $112.5 million in attorney fees—but it might be another year before she decides how to divide the global ...
The National Football League has agreed to a $765 million settlement in a dispute with retired players over the health impact from concussions. The settlement takes a potentially negative ...
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld the estimated $1 billion concussion settlement with retired players, calling the agreement imperfect but fair.
The NFL supposedly hid the long-term effects of concussions. The NFL didn't admit to hiding anything, but they gave money to retired NFL football players who suffered from brain-related injuries from football. [37] On August 30, 2013, the NFL reached a $765 million settlement with the former NFL players over the head injuries. [38]
As the NFL gets set to kick off another season, former players are still fighting for payments from the league after a 2017 settlement over concussions.
The NFL and lawyers for thousands of retired NFL players have reached an agreement to end race-based adjustments in dementia testing in the $1 billion settlement of concussion claims, according to ...
The NFL was heavily criticized when it became known that race norming, which assumed that black players started with lower cognitive levels than white players, was being used in determining whether players qualified for help in the initial years of the settlement. The parties to the settlement discontinued the use of race norming in June 2021.