PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Critics of the proposed $1 billion settlement of NFL concussion claims want a full U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia to review a recent court decision that upheld the deal.
The challengers believe the lead players' lawyers negotiated away compensation for the key complaint in the original lawsuit, a brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, because the science is still being developed.
In their appeal Thursday, they said the lead players' lawyers traded away the CTE issue in exchange for higher awards for less common problems, such as Parkinson's disease and dementia. CTE can currently only be diagnosed at autopsy, although some researchers hope to diagnose it in the living within 10 years.