Ex-Patriots Player Can See NFL Papers in Disability Benefit Suit

Oct. 1, 2021, 7:36 PM UTC

A former running back can force the National Football League’s retirement plan board to turn over information about players receiving disability benefits and make two board members sit for depositions, a federal judge in Texas ruled.

Judge Karen Gren Scholer of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Thursday largely granted a motion to compel filed by Michael Cloud, who played for the Kansas City Chiefs and New York Giants and was on the New England Patriots’ 2004 Super Bowl-winning team. Cloud, who says he sustained several concussions and back and neck injuries during his seven-season ...

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