Judge Favors WWE in Concussion, Citing ‘Inherent Risk’ in Sports as Factor

A federal judge from the District of Connecticut has delivered a legal victory to the World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (WWE), a Connecticut entertainment company that produces televised wrestling programming, which was sued by six former wrestlers for negligence and fraud in connection with the concussions they suffered during their wrestling careers and the debilitating effects of those concussions that they experience to this day.   Specifically, the court granted, in part, the WWE’s