Federal Judge Declines to Remand Former Players Negligence Claim against NFLPA Back to State Court
A federal judge from the Eastern District of Missouri has rejected a motion to remand a negligence claim, brought by several former NFL players against their union, back to state court, finding that removal was proper in the first place because of the applicability of the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA).
The impetus for the litigation was a lawsuit filed by former NFL players Neil Smith, Ladell Betts, and Anthony Davis in the 22nd Judicial Circuit of Missouri, St. Louis, on July 17,