Together with attorneys from Zuckerman Spaeder and J.R. Wyatt Law, in a lawsuit filed on August 25, 2020 in federal court in Philadelphia, Edward Stone Law is representing two Black retired NFL players, Kevin Henry and Najeh Davenport, who claim that the NFL deliberately manipulated ex-players’ “cognitive function” test scores in a way that made […]
A four year long lawsuit by 318 former National Hockey League (NHL) players reached a settlement in November 2018. The settlement will reportedly provide the settling players with free neuropsychological tests, up to $75,000 for treatment, and up to $20,000 in cash per player. A “Common Good Fund” will also be established to assist other […]
Judge Anita B. Brody’s “Explanation and Order” of December 8, 2017 concluding that the anti-assignment language in the NFL Concussion Litigation Settlement Agreement “unambiguously prohibits” the class members from assigning their monetary awards rendering “any such purported assignment . . . void, invalid and of no force and effect” was adopted by Judge Loretta A. […]
If you weren’t worried about concussions before, “Concussion Protocol“, directed by Josh Begley of The Intercept and produced by Laura Poitras should do it for you. The masterful film contains footage of each concussion reported during the 2017-2018 NFL season. 281 reported concussions – the most reported in the past 6 years. The NFL Concussion Settlement is […]
Attorney Edward S. Stone helps explain some of the difficulties surrounding the NFL Concussion Settlement in this article “The NFL Concussion Settlement, Traumatic Brain Injury, and CTE: Fact, Fiction, and Spin Doctoring”. The Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting Vol. 28, Issue 3, Fall 2017, pp. 8-11. Meanwhile, medical researchers continue to explore new ways to ascertain […]
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has been identified in 96% of the deceased NFL players that have been examined by researchers with the Department of Veterans Affairs and Boston University. Signs of CTE can be identified in living persons using brain scans, but as yet the disease can only be positively identified posthumously. Researchers believe that CTE comes […]
Sony Pictures released the trailer for Will Smith’s new film, “Concussion” on Monday, just days before the 2015 football season begins. “Concussion” stars Will Smith as Dr. Bennet Omalu, a Nigerian born neuropathologist credited with discovering chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the brains of former NFL players. Among its shortcomings, the NFL concussion settlement currently […]
The NFL concussion settlement approved in April by U.S. District Court Judge Anita Brody has been appealed and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to hear these appeals sometime this fall. No payments will be made under the settlement until all appeals have been exhausted. The advocacy group, the Brain Injury Association of America […]
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