Duerson’s Wrongful Death Lawsuit Could be the First Major Test Case in the NFL Concussion Litigation

By Paul D. Anderson ©    In February 2011, former Chicago Bears star Dave Duerson shot himself in the chest and left this request, “Please, see that my brain is given to the NFL’s brain bank.”[1] The post-mortem analysis of Duerson’s brain determined that he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy[2] (CTE), a debilitating disease linked to repeated blows to the head. These results, inter alia, may eventually become crucial exhibits in the first jury trial in the developing saga of th