The family of Junior Seau, an NFL player who committed suicide in 2012, has objected to the league s $760 million proposal to settle a lawsuit by thousands of former players over the risk of concussion injuries. Seau s family said that wrongful death claims should be treated differently from injury claims. The deal has already been rejected by a federal judge, who felt it did not allocate enough money for such a large group of plaintiffs. Under the terms of the proposed settlement, $5 million would be allocated for each former player with a diagnosis of a brain condition caused by repeated blows to the head during NFL practice and play. However, attorneys for Seau s family said that only a minimal payment of a few thousand dollars would be available for family members of retired or deceased players. Seau died in 2012 from a self-inflicted gunshot to the chest. Later studies of his brain confirmed that he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a brain disease that resu
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 11:51:18 +0000
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