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Report: Appeals will delay payouts in NFL concussion case
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Payouts from the NFL concussion lawsuit might not be made until next year due to appeals in the case.
About 90 former players are appealing a federal judge’s approval of the settlement that would cover about 21,000 former players, The Associated Press reported Wednesday.
The appeals must be filed by Aug. 15, and responses are due in September.
In April, U.S. District Judge Anita Brody approved the deal that would require the league to pay an unlimited amount for concussion-related medical conditions over the next 65 years. It would pay about $190,000 per person, with some eligible for as much as $5 million, depending on age and severity of condition.
About 200 former players or their families rejected the settlement and plan to sue the league individually. Among them is the family of Junior Seau, the former All-Pro linebacker who killed himself in 2012. Seau suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy — a degenerative brain disease.
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