CASON v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS ASS'N

Case No. 1:20-cv-01875 (TNM).

538 F.Supp.3d 100 (2021)

Aveion CASON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Signed May 7, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Secunda , Pro Hac Vice, Walcheske & Luzi LLC, Brookfield, WI, Colin M. Downes , Robert Joseph Barton , Block & Leviton LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Lauren Gailey , William G. Miossi , Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, David L. Greenspan , Pro Hac Vice, Jeffrey L. Kessler , Pro Hac Vice, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant National Football League Players Association.

Michael Lee Junk , Shaun A. Gates , Groom Law Group, Washington, DC, for Defendants Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan Board, NFL Player Disability and Neurocognitive Benefit Plan Board.

Stacey Recht Eisenstein , Amanda Sue McGinn , Nathan J. Oleson , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant National Footbal League Management Council.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

Plaintiffs Aveion Cason and Donald Vincent Majkowski each played in the NFL for years. Both now suffer from "total and permanent" disability and receive monthly benefits as retired players. They argue that provisions in a new collective bargaining agreement ("CBA")...

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