KYROS LAW P.C. v. WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT

Nos. 21-3127-cv (L), 21-3136-cv (XAP) August Term, 2022.

78 F.4th 532 (2023)

KYROS LAW P.C., Konstantine W. Kyros, Appellants-Cross-Appellees, Michelle James, as mother and next friend of M.O., a minor child, and T.O, a minor child, Jimmy Snuka, "Superfly," by and through his guardian, Carole Snuka, Salvador Guerrero, IV, a/k/a Chavo Guerrero, Jr., Chavo Guerrero, Sr., a/k/a Chavo Classic, Bryan Emmett Clark, Jr., a/k/a Adam Bomb, Dave Hebner, Earl Hebner, Carlene B. Moore-Begnaud, a/k/a Jazz, Mark Jindrak, Jon Heidenreich, Larry Oliver, a/k/a Crippler, Bobbi Billard, Lou Marconi, Bernard Knighton, Kelli Fujiwara Sloan, on behalf of Estate of Harry Masayoshi Fujiwara, William Albert Haynes, III, Rodney Begnaud, a/k/a Rodney Mack, Russ McCullough, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, a/k/a Big Russ McCullough, Ryan Sakoda, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Matthew Robert Wiese, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, a/k/a Luther Reigns, Evan Singleton, Vito Lograsso, Cassandra Frazier, individually and as next of kin to her deceased husband, Nelson Lee Frazier, Jr. a/k/a Mabel a/k/a Viscera a/k/a Big Daddy V a/k/a King Mabel, and as personal representative of Estate of Nelson Lee Frazier, Jr., deceased, Shirley Fellows, on behalf of Estate of Timothy Alan Smith a/k/a Rex King, Joseph M. Laurinaitis, a/k/a Road Warrior Animal, Paul Orndorff, a/k/a Mr. Wonderful, Chris Pallies, a/k/a King Kong Bundy, Anthony Norris, a/k/a Ahmed Johnson, James Harris, a/k/a Kamala, Ken Patera, Barbara Marie Leydig, Bernard Knighton, as personal representative of Estate of Brian Knighton, a/k/a Axl Rotten, Marty Jannetty, Terry Szopinski, a/k/a Warlord, Sione Havia Vailahi, a/k/a Barbarian, Terry Brunk, a/k/a Sabu, Barry Darsow, a/k/a Smash, Bill Eadie, a/k/a Ax, John Nord, Jonathan Hugger, a/k/a Johnny the Bull, James Brunzell, Susan Green, Angelo Mosca, a/k/a King Kong Mosca, James Manley, a/k/a Jim Powers, Michael Enos, a/k/a Mike, a/k/a Blake Beverly, Bruce Reed, a/k/a Butch, Sylain Grenier, Omar Mijares, a/k/a Omar Atlas, Don Leo Heaton, a/k/a Don Leo Jonathan, Troy Martin, a/k/a Shane Douglas, Marc Copani, a/k/a Muhammad Hassan, Mark Canterbury, a/k/a Henry Godwin, Victoria Otis, a/k/a Princess Victoria, Judy Hardee, Judy Martin, Timothy Smith, a/k/a Rex King, Tracy Smothers, a/k/a Freddie Joe Floyd, Michael R. Halac, a/k/a Mantaur, Rick Jones, a/k/a Black Bart, Ken Johnson, a/k/a Slick, George Gray, a/k/a One Man Gang, Ferrin Jesse Barr, a/k/a J.J. Funk, Rod Price, Donald Driggers, Ronald Scott Heard, on behalf of Estate of Ronald Heard a/k/a Outlaw Ron Bass, Boris Zhukov, David Silva, John Jeter, a/k/a Johnny Jeter, Gayle Schecter, as personal representative of Estate of Jon Rechner a/k/a Balls Mahoney, Ashley Massaro, a/k/a Ashley, Charles Wicks, a/k/a Chad Wicks, Perry Satullo, a/k/a Perry Saturn, Charles Bernard Scaggs, a/k/a Flash Funk, Carole M. Snuka, on behalf of Estate of James W. Snuka, Consolidated-Plaintiffs, v. WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT, INC., Consolidated Plaintiff-Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, Vincent K. McMahon, individually and as the Trustee of the Vincent K. McMahon Irrevocable Trust u/t/a dtd. June 24, 2004, as the Trustee of the Vincent K. McMahon 2008, and as Special Trustee of the Vincent K. McMahon 2013 Irrev. Trust u/t/a dtd. December 5, 2013 and as Trust, Consolidated Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, Robert Windham, Thomas Billington, James Ware, Oreal Perras, John Does, various, Consolidated-Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 28, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Konstantine W. Kyros , Kyros Law Offices, Hingham, MA, for Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Curtis B. Krasik , K&L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh, PA ( Jerry S. McDevitt , K&L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, Jeffrey P. Mueller , Day Pitney LLP, Hartford CT, on the brief), for Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Before: Livingston, Chief Judge, and Nardini, Circuit Judge.


Over the course of several months in 2014 and 2015, Appellants-Cross-Appellees Konstantine W. Kyros and his law firm, Kyros Law P.C. (together, "Kyros") filed, in jurisdictions across the country, class action lawsuits and wrongful death lawsuits against Appellees-Cross-Appellants World Wrestling Entertainment...

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