Facing-Off in the National Hockey League Concussion Class Action

By Lawrence Lee   An unknown hockey observer once expressed the statement that “hockey is figure skating in a war zone.” After the $765 million dollar settlement for the NFL players that claimed they had sustained repeated head trauma on the gridiron, over 200 former NHL players have filed a similar federal class action lawsuit against the NHL. The players allege that the league possessed knowledge about the lasting effects of head injuries, it “willfully” withheld information of th