NFL Concussion Deal Challenged at High Court

By Steven M. Sellers, Bloomberg BNA

The National Football League’s $1 billion concussion settlement should be rejected, according to a Supreme Court petition filed Sept. 26.

The deal unfairly denies compensation to some former players and circumvents due process standards for class action settlements, the petition says.

The settlement would create a compensation plan for more than 20,000 former NFL players already diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy or other concussion-related brain diseases, worth up to $4 million each.

But players diagnosed after the settlement would get nothing, thirty-one former NFL players say in their petition.

This is unfair, they argue. ...