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NEW YORK (CBSMiami/AP) – There is a growing concern over head injuries in professional sports, with some former athletes and their families taking legal action against the respective leagues over the symptoms that have emerged.
The family of the late Florida Panthers defenseman Steve Montador sued the NHL on Tuesday, accusing the league of failing to keep him reasonably safe and not providing him with crucial medical information on the permanent ramifications of brain trauma.
Montador, who played for six NHL teams, died in February at age 35 of an undisclosed cause at his home in Mississauga, Ontario.