New Research:
Doctor claims treatment headed toward concussion cure
“Concussions are real. It’s a real issue.”https://t.co/LzDjgpvLIJ via @wsoctv— Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) November 10, 2016
Player Responses:
Mark Scheifele, Gabriel Landeskog leading the way in concussion awareness #NHL https://t.co/4hN5peu9G6 via @SInow
— Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) November 10, 2016
Vikings’ Alex Boone acknowledges concussion dangers, ditches old helmet https://t.co/rogXr0uNbf via @GabbyMcMillen
— Sheilla Dingus (@SheillaDingus) November 10, 2016
Alex Boone on concussions: “I know what’s going to happen to me someday” https://t.co/JhzqdFUET8
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) November 10, 2016
NFL Responds to Concussion Settlement Objectors SCOTUS request:
Here is NFL’s new “Brief in Opposition” responding to SCOTUS cert petitions in concussion-related litigation – https://t.co/P4U8tisuQh
— Ryan M. Rodenberg (@SportsLawProf) November 10, 2016
The NFL calls concussion settlement objectors SCOTUS petition an “extraordinary invitation.”#sportslaw pic.twitter.com/FV2ZS8kzwP
— Dan Werly (@WerlySportsLaw) November 10, 2016
NFL: The concussion settlement’s intention was not to compensate “fortunate, asymptomatic” player who had CTE. pic.twitter.com/wawoXaJtB8
— Dan Werly (@WerlySportsLaw) November 10, 2016
In response to Objector’s SCOTUS request, NFL repeats company line that there’s no causal link btwn brain trauma & neurocognitive impairment pic.twitter.com/NAnN4vSzLL
— Dan Werly (@WerlySportsLaw) November 10, 2016
What a callous and cold-hearted response to those retirees that are indeed suffering from symptoms of #CTE, yet will never receive a dime. https://t.co/MJTqb6zamD
— Paul D. Anderson (@PaulD_Anderson) November 10, 2016
.@WerlySportsLaw Hmm, well the Third Circuit said the exact opposite—declaring it as an “unavoidable conclusion” that there is a link. #CTE pic.twitter.com/wO6Z6ZevaL
— Paul D. Anderson (@PaulD_Anderson) November 10, 2016
This is an interesting thread…be sure to click for its entirety
Back to football litigation. Note that SCOTUS did not ask for a brief in opposition here: the NFL went ahead and filed anyway 1/ https://t.co/HnvZtGKmyS
— Raffi Melkonian (@RMFifthCircuit) November 10, 2016
.#CTE is often cognitive sparing implying many #NFL Ret will suffer for yrs w/ serious issues & get no help until potted plant stage. #NFLPA https://t.co/OLs1Jap7pY
— NFLCSFacts (@NFLObjectors) November 10, 2016
