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Jury Awards Former Philadelphia Eagles Player $43.5M in Medical Malpractice Case

A Philadelphia jury yesterday awarded former Philadelphia Eagles team captain Christopher Maragos $43.5 million in damages in a case of medical malpractice over a knee injury that ended his National Football League career in 2019. The civil case revolved around …

New York Jury Awards Ex-NFL Player Cox $28.5M in Medical Malpractice Case

A former NFL player has been was awarded $28.5 million by a Manhattan jury ruling in his favor in a medical malpractice lawsuit over surgery that failed to fix his injured ankle, according to the player’s attorney. Attorney Jordan Mersen …

Judge Agrees to Hear Opponent of NCAA $75M Concussion Settlement

A U.S. judge declined to immediately approve the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s $75 million settlement of a lawsuit by college athletes who’ve suffered head injuries, giving a critic of the accord three weeks to file arguments opposing the revamped deal. …

NHL Says Brain Ailment Evidence Is Lacking

National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman says there is not enough data yet to draw conclusions about the link between concussions and a degenerative brain ailment that has been found in four dead ice hockey players. The league wrapped up …

South Carolina Court Throws Out Claims Over Softball Game Injury

People playing contact sports assume the risk they will be injured, South Carolina’s Supreme Court ruled this week, upholding a lower court’s ruling that said a man injured in a softball game should have known he could be hurt. David …