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Philadelphia Eagles Team Loses to Ex-Player in Workers’ Compensation Fight

The National Football League’s Philadelphia Eagles football team has failed to score a victory in a disability case involving former linebacker Emmanuel Acho who suffered thumb injuries in 2015 while with the team. The 2023 Super Bowl team disputed disability …

People Moves: Renaissance Hires Jackson; AIG’s Berlini Moves to Berkshire; NCC Names Darragh as President

Renaissance Alliance Hires Jackson as SVP Renaissance Alliance, which helps insurance agencies grow, has named Lorenzo Jackson senior vice president and New York sales leader. Jackson recently served as Great Lakes region president for Main Street America Insurance, and spent …

Federal Lawsuit: Texas High School Students Were Hazed, Assaulted

A federal lawsuit contends football players at a San Antonio-area high school were subjected to hazing, sexual abuse and other mistreatment as part of an initiation that coaches and others failed to stop. The lawsuit was filed by the parents …

NFL Agrees to Settle Players’ Concussion Suits for $765 Million

The National Football League agreed to pay $765 million to settle thousands of lawsuits over players concussions in a deal that provides individual awards and medical monitoring, according to court filings. The settlement will compensate more than 5,000 ex-players for …

Travelers Sues NFL Over Ex-Players’ Brain Injury Lawsuits

Several subsidiaries of Travelers Companies Inc. sued the National Football League and a host of other insurers, seeking to avoid paying to defend the league against a wave of brain injury-related claims by thousands of former players and their families. …

Lawyers Pursuing Concussion Lawsuits Take Page from Big Tobacco Playbook

Smokers and pro football players have something in common: They engage in risky behavior that can be potentially harmful to their health over time. And to hear some lawyers tell it, the National Football League is the equivalent of Big …

Football Players Sue Chicago Law Firm

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Kyle Orton and some 20 other NFL players are suing a Chicago law firm for more than $10 million, claiming they received bad financial advice on investing in energy concerns. The 14-page lawsuit filed in Cook …

Ex-NFL Players Sue League Over Brain Injuries

Jamal Lewis, Dorsey Levens and two other former National Football League players have sued the league over brain injuries that they say left them struggling with medical problems years after their playing days ended. Lewis and Levens, along with Fulton …

NFL Facing Possible Class Action Claim Over Concussions

Seven former players have sued the NFL in Philadelphia over the league’s handling of concussion-related injuries, the first potential class-action lawsuit of its kind. The players accuse the league of training players to lead with their heads, failing to properly …

Judge Limits NFL Offset for Players’ Workers’ Compensation Benefits

A New York judge says the NFL must be limited in how much money it can recover when injured NFL players receive state workers’ compensation awards. Judge Paul Crotty wrote in a decision that the NFL sometimes wants to recover …