BROWN v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

No. 01 Civ. 4086(GEL).

219 F.Supp.2d 372 (2002)

Orlando BROWN and Mira Brown, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

March 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian J. Shoot (Clifford J. Stern, James M. Lane, The Cochran Firm, Schneider, Kleinick, Weitz, Damashek, & Shoot, New York City, of counsel) for Orlando and Mira Brown.

Brad S. Karp (Jeffrey L. Nagel, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, of counsel) for National Football League.


OPINION AND ORDER

LYNCH, District Judge.

This is a personal injury action brought by Orlando Brown ("Brown"), formerly a professional football player with the Cleveland Browns, and his wife Mira Brown, against the National Football League ("NFL"), seeking damages for an injury that occurred during a game when an NFL referee threw a penalty flag weighted with "BB" pellets and struck Brown in the eye, causing him to sustain eye injuries that ended his...

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