Court Turns Back Plaintiffs in Riddell Case

By Phillip Movaghar & Jeff Birren, Senior Writer   In July 2011 “...73 former professional football players sued the NFL and Riddell, Inc.” in Los Angeles Superior Court (In Re Nat’l Football League Players Concussion,821 F.3d 410 (“NFL Concussion”) (2016). The NFL removed the case to federal court. Similar cases filed across the country were consolidated in Philadelphia District Court and assigned to Judge Anita Bryant (842 F. Supp. 2d 1378 (J.P.M.L. 2012)). The plaintiffs claime