i find this really really stupid....if you join the nfl you know damn well what your getting into, i dont see how the family can win this case...this is just pure BS.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-newswire-20120224,0,618350.story
The family of the former Bears player claims the league did not do enough to prevent or treat the concussions that severely damaged his brain before he killed himself last year
The family of former Chicago Bears player Dave Duerson filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the NFL on Thursday that claims the league did not do enough to prevent or treat the concussions that severely damaged Duerson's brain before he killed himself last year.
The suit was filed in Chicago on behalf of Duerson's son Tregg and three other children. Duerson died Feb. 17, 2011, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest at his home in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla.
The lawsuit accuses the NFL of negligently causing the brain damage that led Duerson to take his own life at the age of 50 by not warning him of the negative effects of concussions.
Attorney Thomas Demetrio, who is representing Duerson's family, said the NFL should have been a leader in educating current and former players about head injuries.
The NFL said in a statement that it had not yet seen the lawsuit.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-newswire-20120224,0,618350.story
The family of the former Bears player claims the league did not do enough to prevent or treat the concussions that severely damaged his brain before he killed himself last year
The family of former Chicago Bears player Dave Duerson filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the NFL on Thursday that claims the league did not do enough to prevent or treat the concussions that severely damaged Duerson's brain before he killed himself last year.
The suit was filed in Chicago on behalf of Duerson's son Tregg and three other children. Duerson died Feb. 17, 2011, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest at his home in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla.
The lawsuit accuses the NFL of negligently causing the brain damage that led Duerson to take his own life at the age of 50 by not warning him of the negative effects of concussions.
Attorney Thomas Demetrio, who is representing Duerson's family, said the NFL should have been a leader in educating current and former players about head injuries.
The NFL said in a statement that it had not yet seen the lawsuit.