A federal trial judge in Philadelphia has refused to sign off on the $765-million settlement that the National Football League had reached with some 4,500 former players for brain injuries they allegedly suffered during their careers."I am primarily concerned that not all retired NFL football players who ultimately receive a qualifying diagnosis or their (families) … will be paid," U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody wrote in a 12-page preliminary denial of the settlement. Last Monday, the attorneys for the parties submitted a proposal to the judge which called for the league to pro...
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