As Legal Action Brews, AFL Releases Updated Concussion Guidelines and Strategic Plan

The Australian Football League (AFL) has been in the news for all the wrong reasons in 2023. Among the concussion lawsuits leveled against the league are: Liam Picken’s lawsuit against his Western Bulldogs club, the AFL, and doctors. Picken alleged the defendants were negligent in that they concealed his true condition from him and breached their duty of care. He is represented by lawyer Michael Tanner, who claimed Picked “was never made aware of his failings of any cognitive assessme