The Wait is Over — NHL Concussion Class Action Lawsuit Finally Filed

By Jon Heshka — Associate Dean of Law at Thompson Rivers University   It was only a matter of time before the National Hockey League (NHL) would follow suit and be named in a concussion class action lawsuit. Dark clouds have been swirling around professional hockey for some time and it was the perfect storm of recent events which made the lawsuit inevitable. No doubt emboldened by the proposed $765 million dollar NFL settlement and on the heels of the Derek Boogaard wrongful death suit, t