Round 2: Declaratory Judgment Action Battles Follow Concussion Class Actions

By Nicholas A. Secara, of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP   Insurance industry professionals and attorneys are closely following the most recent concussion-based litigations as they proceed through state and federal courts. Recently, in the well-publicized In re National Football League Players’ Concussion Injury Litigation, No. 12-md-02323 (E.D. Pa. 2012) (“NFL Concussion Litigation”), a federal judge preliminarily approved a revised $675 million settlement. In the aftermath of such class