PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A federal appeals court in Philadelphia says it won't reconsider a ruling that upholds the potential $1 billion settlement of NFL concussion claims.
Critics of the plan for retired players had hoped the full court would reconsider the approval granted by a three-judge panel in April. They say the lead players' lawyers traded away compensation for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (ehn-sehf-uh-LAH'-thuh-pee), or CTE, to boost awards for less common problems.
The settlement plan could pay several million dollars to young players with severe neurological diseases, but most ex-players would get far less.
The settlement also offers medical monitoring to more than 20,000 retirees for the next 65 years.