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Solo and Small Firms

Feb. 6, 2015

Small class action firm helped spark important change to NFL concussion settlement

Capretz & Associates of Newport Beach objected that players from NFL Europe should not be shorted on benefits. The federal judge agreed.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


One of the changes needed to the proposed settlement of concussion litigation between the National Football League and scores of retired players is giving players credit for seasons they played in the former NFL Europe League, a federal judge said this week. One of the lawyers who brought that issue to the judge's attention is James T. Capretz, whose three-lawyer Capretz & Associates in Newport B...

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