There is a settlement in the NFL concussion litigation, Judge Brody has announced.
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>There is a settlement in the concussion litigation, Judge Brody has announced.</p>&mdash; Peter King (@SI_PeterKing) <a href="https://twitter.com/SI_PeterKing/statuses/373121362035892224">August 29, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>BREAKING NEWS. Settlement in the NFL's concussion case with the 4,500 litigants.</p>&mdash; Peter King (@SI_PeterKing) <a href="https://twitter.com/SI_PeterKing/statuses/373121477404393472">August 29, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>RT <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeGarafolo">@MikeGarafolo</a>: Settlement in the NFL case is for $765 million</p>&mdash; Brian McIntyre (@brian_mcintyre) <a href="https://twitter.com/brian_mcintyre/statuses/373122397198503937">August 29, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>NFL will pay $765 million &quot;to fund medical exams, concussion-related compensation, and a program of medical research'' for 4,500 plaintiffs.</p>&mdash; Peter King (@SI_PeterKing) <a href="https://twitter.com/SI_PeterKing/statuses/373122938670546944">August 29, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Peter King is never wrong.

Got off easy.... Terrible settlement.

wow ... pretty big news actually

Great. Can players start hitting with their heads again now?

So will that put things behind us? Does the NFL have their asses legally covered for future players that go through the league?

maybe they will calm down and be a little more deliberate with their new safety programs and rules now

$170K each? The players got screwed.

I wonder if these retired players will sue the NFLPA now?


since the players union had access to the same information as the NFL and didn't do anything.

I think it would of been hard to prove if all the concussion happened in the NFL. You got High School and College football.

Honestly, I'm not sure how.

It would depend on the notice sent to the 'class' and exactly what the class consists of. If it consists of all NFL players that to have played over the last 40 years, then theoretically it could largely resolve the matter.

However, I'm certain a fair number of these guys would've opted out of the class in order to maintain their own cause of action in the future. If that's the case, this settlement has no binding effect on them.

Perhaps someone with actual class action experience can fill in some details, but I don't see how this can be binding on any members of the class that elected to opt out or may not have rec'd notice. I also think that's how they came to this '4,500 litigants' language; the class is incredibly broad ("All NFL players since the Magna Carta") and any player that was included in that class that rec'd notice but did not proactively opt out of the class is deemed a litigant.

so you're saying that people with concussions have bad judgement?

$102K after attorneys fees? Lol
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They won't even get that much.. Gotta pay the lawyers and medical exams.

I imagine the NFL would make 'ass coverage' part of the settlement.


Why agree to any settlement if you are just going to get sued again in a year or two.