The ex-wife of a brain-injured Kansas City Chiefs player may not intervene in his concussion-related lawsuit against the National Football League to present her loss of consortium claims, a federal court in Pennsylvania ruled.
The Jan. 14 decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is the latest in a litigation saga over the application of the $1 billion concussion class settlement between the NFL and retired players who say the league didn’t warn about or protect them from later-life brain diseases associated with the sport.
Cynthia Phillips, who was married to retired NFL player Joseph ...
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