Entertainment & Sports
Aug. 31, 2013
California attorneys on all sides of NFL concussion deal
Mediation yields $765M settlement over brain injuries from on-field collisions
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Just days before the start of the 2013 football season, a court-appointed mediator announced Thursday that the NFL has reached a tentative $765 million settlement over concussion-related brain injuries with more than 4,500 retired players.
Layn R. Phillips, a retired federal judge now at Irell & Manella LLP in Newport Beach, led two months of mediation between the league and its players in an eff...
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