A New Lawsuit Seeking NFL Neurocognitive Disability Benefits Highlights the Adverse Impact of Subconcussive Hits Regularly Experienced by Linemen
By Richard C. Giller, Esq.
Las month, former NFL offensive lineman Darryl Ashmore filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District Florida against the NFL Player Disability and Neurocognitive Benefit Plan, claiming that the Plan wrongfully denied him benefits solely because he had not traveled to San Antonio, Texas, and to Tampa and Palm Beach Florida over a six day period for medical examination, despite debilitating injuries suffered over the course of his 11-year NFL ca