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Litigation

Oct. 5, 2014

Fewer than 200 players object to football concussion settlement

Less than 200 former NFL players out of a class of 20,000 filed objections to a proposed settlement in concussion litigation against the league.

By Henry Meier
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Less than 200 former NFL players out of a class of 20,000 filed objections to a proposed settlement in concussion litigation against the league. It's estimated that some 3,600 former players will be compensated in some way over the 65-year course of the settlement and that 2,300 more would be eligible but not participate. There is no cap on the amount of total compensation that can be doled out, but individual compensation is capped....

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