Former National Football League cornerback Charles Dimry convinced a federal judge in California that the league’s retirement plan was wrong when it denied him total and permanent disability benefits.
The plan failed to properly examine Dimry’s medical records and denied benefits based on an unreasonable bias in favor of plan-selected doctors, Judge James Donato of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California held March 12.
Donato’s ruling is another victory for former NFL players challenging the league’s decision to deny them disability benefits.
Last year, former NFL linebacker Jesse Solomon was awarded extra benefits from the league’s ...
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