Thursday, August 29, 2013

NFL agrees to pay $765M to settle concussion suits (Yahoo! Sports)

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, Judge Anita Brody is shown. Brody has announced on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013 that the NFL and more than 4,500 former players want to settle concussion-related lawsuits for $765 million. (AP Photo/U.S. District Court, File)


PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The NFL agreed to pay more than three-quarters of a billion dollars to settle lawsuits from thousands of former players who developed dementia or other concussion-related health problems they say were caused by the very on-field violence that fueled the game's rise to popularity and profit.








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