Not Even The Lawyers Can Agree On What’s Going On With The NFL Concussion Settlement
Photo: Tim Bradbury (Getty) A judge’s order that called for a clarification of the physicians’ rules for the NFL concussion settlement will not affect the standard those physicians must use to issue a qualifying diagnosis, thus ostensibly making it easier for former players to qualify for settlement money, according to a lawyer who represents the settlement class. The order, issued Jan. 9 by Senior Judge Anita B. Brody of the U.S. Eastern District of Pennsylvania, who oversees the settlement, appeared to mandate that a stricter diagnostic criteria be used for dementia claims, which I framed...
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