NFL Painkiller Class Action Moves Closer to Trial
A federal judge refused to dismiss a class action seeking to hold the NFL liable for an alleged decades-long pattern of pushing painkillers on hurt football players. Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis., home of the NFL’s Green Bay Packers. (Courthouse News photo/Kevin Lessmiller) SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — The National Football League must face claims that it failed to protect players from a decades-long pattern of painkiller misuse that caused some athletes to develop permanent injuries, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge William Alsup advanced a nearly seven-year-old class action ...
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