Ex-NFL Players’ Lawyer Stuck With Concussion Master’s Findings

June 10, 2025, 8:24 PM UTC

An attorney for ex-NFL players filing claims under the league’s concussion litigation settlement agreement wasn’t denied due process when a special master found that he’d engaged in wrongdoing while pressing some of those claims, the Third Circuit said Tuesday.

Byron Cuthbert and his Marietta, Ga., law firm obtained all the process that was available under the settlement agreement, Judge Paul B. Matey said in an unpublished opinion for the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Though the settlement fund was created more than 10 years ago to help former National Football League players who’d sustained head injuries during ...

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