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Junior Seau’s Family Opts Out Of NFL Concussion Settlement
Junior Seau’s family wants answers, not just a decision.
USA Today is reporting that the Seau family is not happy with the settlement between the NFL and thousands of former NFL players. Therefore, the Seau family will continue with their lawsuit they filed against the NFL in January of 2013. Earlier in that month, researchers at the National Institute of Health had examined Seau’s brain and found he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a brain disease associated with blows to the head and can lead to dementia and depression.
The Seau family’s lawsuit alleges that the NFL knew that their players were not properly protected from concussions, nor were they properly treated when the players suffered concussions. “The family want to know why this settlement seems designed for expediency for the NFL and to ensure that information doesn’t come out,” Seau lawyer Steven Strauss told Outside the Lines. “And the Seau family wants the truth to come out. Since this litigation started, there hasn’t been one document produced, there hasn’t been one deposition taken. It seems very clearly designed to nip this in the bud and not have the truth come out, and that’s not acceptable to the Seau family, and it’s not acceptable to Junior’s legacy.”
ESPN is reporting that this is a significant blow to the NFL. The league was hoping the settlement would put the concussion issue behind them. It also puts a spotlight on one of the NFL’s most popular players, Seau, who is eligible for enshrinement into the Hall Of Fame in 2015. Seau played 20 years for the San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots.
“The family want to know why this settlement seems designed for expediency for the NFL and to ensure that information doesn’t come out,” said Seau lawyer Steven Strauss, a partner in the firm Cooley LLP. “And the Seau family wants the truth to come out. Since this litigation started, there hasn’t been one document produced, there hasn’t been one deposition taken. It seems very clearly designed to nip this in the bud and not have the truth come out, and that’s not acceptable to the Seau family, and it’s not acceptable to Junior’s legacy.”
Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/1451126/ju...fl-concussion-settlement/#Kc8R1moZOXh7HrKY.99
Junior Seau’s family wants answers, not just a decision.
USA Today is reporting that the Seau family is not happy with the settlement between the NFL and thousands of former NFL players. Therefore, the Seau family will continue with their lawsuit they filed against the NFL in January of 2013. Earlier in that month, researchers at the National Institute of Health had examined Seau’s brain and found he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a brain disease associated with blows to the head and can lead to dementia and depression.
The Seau family’s lawsuit alleges that the NFL knew that their players were not properly protected from concussions, nor were they properly treated when the players suffered concussions. “The family want to know why this settlement seems designed for expediency for the NFL and to ensure that information doesn’t come out,” Seau lawyer Steven Strauss told Outside the Lines. “And the Seau family wants the truth to come out. Since this litigation started, there hasn’t been one document produced, there hasn’t been one deposition taken. It seems very clearly designed to nip this in the bud and not have the truth come out, and that’s not acceptable to the Seau family, and it’s not acceptable to Junior’s legacy.”
ESPN is reporting that this is a significant blow to the NFL. The league was hoping the settlement would put the concussion issue behind them. It also puts a spotlight on one of the NFL’s most popular players, Seau, who is eligible for enshrinement into the Hall Of Fame in 2015. Seau played 20 years for the San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots.
“The family want to know why this settlement seems designed for expediency for the NFL and to ensure that information doesn’t come out,” said Seau lawyer Steven Strauss, a partner in the firm Cooley LLP. “And the Seau family wants the truth to come out. Since this litigation started, there hasn’t been one document produced, there hasn’t been one deposition taken. It seems very clearly designed to nip this in the bud and not have the truth come out, and that’s not acceptable to the Seau family, and it’s not acceptable to Junior’s legacy.”
Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/1451126/ju...fl-concussion-settlement/#Kc8R1moZOXh7HrKY.99