Pro Football Player Sues Team over Fight, Claiming Negligence

A former scout team player for the Carolina Panthers has sued his former employer and Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith for what he claimed was an unprovoked attack by Smith during a film room session.   Anthony Bright, who led the Arena Football League in receiving in 2001, alleged in his complaint that since Smith attacked him on the afternoon of November 18, 2002 and that he “has been unable to perform at the level he did prior to the assault and has been unable to become part of anot