Posted on June 8, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Nearly 100  concussion lawsuits filed by ex-pro players against the NFL are being consolidated, according to various press reports.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/football/nfl/la-sp-nfl-concussions-20120608,0,2393930.story

On Thursday lawyers, representing more than 2,000 former NFL players who claim they’ve sustained permanent brain damage under suffering concussions, filed a complaint to consolidate some 85 suits, according to The Los Angeles Times.

They brought their 88-page complaint to U.S. District Court Judge Anita Brody in the Eastern District in Pennsylvania. This so-called “master complaint,” according to The Times, charges that the NFL deliberately hid information from players regarding the connection between repeated blows to the head during games and “long-term  neurological injuries.”

The NFL must respond to the complaint by June 19, and it has repeatedly maintained that the issues raised by the litigation should be handled as a collective bargaining issue, not a court case.

The league also denies the allegations made in the concussion-related suits.

“The NFL has long made player safety a priority and continues to do so,”  the NFL said in a statement, which The Times published. “Any allegation that the NFL sought to mislead players has not merit.”

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Attorney Gordon S. Johnson, Jr.
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