January 22, 2015
Two former professional wrestlers accuse the WWE of “selling violence” while ignoring concussions that they say left them with serious brain injuries. The men, including one who performed under the name Skull Von Krush, have filed a potential class-action lawsuit …
August 22, 2012
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. …
December 26, 2011
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 …
June 21, 2011
Board members of the organization that sets voluntary safety standards for athletic equipment have approved $1.1 million in grants to research traumatic brain injury, a step toward protecting athletes from concussions. At its summer meeting, the board of the National …