Comments on: Steve Chapman on pro football litigation

By: wfjag

wfjag — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:33:31 +0000

“suits over traumatic brain damage from pro football”

Why wouldn’t such suits be barred by the standard workers’ comp exclusive remedy bar to tort suits?

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Welcome WTIC listeners - Overlawyered — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:30:06 +0000

[…] was a guest on Hartford-based morning talk radio just now to discuss the NFL concussion litigation (more). Host Joe D’Ambrosio stood in for the ailing Ray Dunaway. […]

By: AMcA

AMcA — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:59:03 +0000

See Fran Tarkinton’s piece in the WSJ recently. He suggests maybe steroid abuse is the problem, and notes the ever increasing size of the players. 300 pounders were once unheard of, now they’re common. Getting hit by 300 pounds of linebacker vs. getting nailed by a guy who weighs 225, that’s a big deal.

He also notes how recently retired football greats tend to look physically smaller after a year out of the game. Hmmmm . . . .

By: William Nuesslein

William Nuesslein — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 12:53:41 +0000

A jury found asbestos to be the cause of a man’s cancer in New Jersey. The asbestos was in the brake material in a box in a warehouse. Somehow it broke lose and settled as dust on top of the box.

Thus plantiffs’ lawyers will score billions and football nothing. The game itself has to be banned.

Let’s pray that fans rise up and stop this nonsense. I have no hope for asbestos though.