Bloomberg Law
March 23, 2018, 10:41 AM UTC

NFL Pushes Back on Claim it ‘Rigs’ Concussion Payouts

Steven Sellers

The NFL hasn’t lived up to its end of the bargain in paying brain injury medical claims contemplated by a $1 billion concussion class settlement, lawyers for thousands of retired players say.

But a lawyer for the league strongly disputed the claims of league manipulation of the settlement’s execution.

Recent court filings vent the frustration of brain-injured players who say they’ve waited far too long for payouts under a settlement once hailed as “a revolutionary compromise and easy to implement.”

Out of nearly 1,100 dementia claims filed by former players, only six have been paid so far, part of the ...

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