IN RE NFL PLAYERS' CONCUSSION INJURY LITIGATION

No. 19-2085.

962 F.3d 94 (2020)

IN RE: NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS' CONCUSSION INJURY LITIGATION. *Melvin Aldridge; Patrise Alexander; Charlie Anderson; Charles E. Arbuckle; Cassandra Bailey, Individually and as the Representative of the Estate of Johnny Bailey; Rod Bernstine; Reatha Brown, Individually and as the Representative of the Estate of Aaron Brown, Jr.; Curtis Ceasar, Jr.; Larry Centers; Trevor Cobb; Darrell Colbert; Elbert Crawford III; Christopher Crooms; Gary Cutsinger; Jerry W. Davis; Tim Denton; Leland C. Douglas, Jr.; Michael Dumas; Corris Ervin; Robert Evans; Doak Field; James Francis; Baldwin Malcolm Frank; Derrick Frazier; Murray E. Garrett; Clyde P. Glosson; Anthony Guillory; Roderick W. Harris; Wilmer K. Hicks, Jr.; Patrick Jackson; Fulton Johnson; Richard Johnson; Gary Jones; Eric Kelly; Patsy Lewis, Individually and as the Representative of the Estate of Mark Lewis; Ryan McCoy; Emanuel McNeil; Gerald McNeil; Jerry James Moses, Jr.; Anthony E. Newsom; Winslow Oliver; John Owens; Robert Pollard; Derrick Pope; Jimmy Robinson; Thomas Sanders; Todd Scott; Nilo Silvan; Matthew Sinclair; Dwight A. Scales; Richard A. Siler; Frankie Smith; Eric J. Swann; Anthony Toney; Herbert E. Williams; James Williams, Jr.; Butch Woolfolk; Keith Woodside; Milton Wynn; James A. Young, Sr., Appellants. *(Pursuant to Rule 12(a), Fed. R. App. P.).

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: June 12, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Becker , Kline & Specter, 1525 Locust Street, 19th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19102, Lance H. Lubel , Adam Q. Voyles , Justin R. Goodman , Lubel Voyles LLP, 675 Bering Drive, Suite 850, Houston, TX 77057, Mickey Washington, Washington & Associates, 1314 Texas Ave., Houston, TX 77002, James Carlos Canady , The Canady, Law Firm, 2323 South Shepherd Drive, Suite 805, Houston, TX 77019, Attorneys for Appellants.

Scott A. George , Seeger Weiss, 1515 Market Street, Suite 1380, Philadelphia, PA 19102, Samuel Issacharoff , New York University Law School, 40 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, Diogenes P. Kekatos , Seeger Weiss, 77 Water Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10005, Christopher A. Seeger , Seeger Weiss, 55 Challenger Road, 6th Floor, Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660, Counsel for the Settlement Class.

Brad S. Karp , Bruce A. Birenboim , Lynn B. Bayard , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, Attorneys for Appellees.

Orran L. Brown, Sr. , BrownGreer PLC, 250 Rocketts Way, Richmond, VA 23231, Attorney for Non-Party Appellee Claims Administrator.

Before: JORDAN, GREENAWAY, JR., and KRAUSE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Football is a beloved American pastime; however, experts have found that professional football players are at a significantly increased risk for serious brain injury. This lawsuit is the latest in a series of actions related to a settlement agreement (the "Settlement Agreement"), which seeks to address...

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