FLICKR, CATHY TIt was only three months ago that the National Football League (NFL) announced its $765-million settlement with some 4,500 former professional football players who have struggled with health problems that they blame on years of repeated head trauma. Now, 10 former National Hockey League (NHL) athletes are following in their footsteps, launching a class-action lawsuit against the league regarding their concussion injuries.
The lawsuit accuses the NHL of not doing enough to protect players from concussions. “The NHL’s active and purposeful concealment of the severe risks of brain injuries exposed players to unnecessary dangers they could have avoided had the NHL provided them with truthful and accurate information and taken appropriate action to prevent needless harm,” read the suit, which applies to injured players who retired before February 14, 2013.
The players are seeking damages and NHL-sponsored medical monitoring for what they claim are brain injuries resulting from their pro-hockey careers. They suggest that the league “knew or should have known about scientific evidence that players who sustain repeated head injuries are at greater risk for illnesses and disabilities both during their hockey careers and later in ...
