The NFL Concussion Settlement and the Ethics of Informed Choice

Feb 19, 2016

By Richard Robeson* and Nancy M. P. King**   In January 2014, Judge Anita B. Brody rejected1 the terms of a class action settlement between the National Football League (NFL) and a litigation class consisting of former NFL players with concussion-related health issues and the descendants and heirs of deceased players whose deaths were related to concussions — mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) — sustained during their playing careers. Although the amount of the settlement was agreed to
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