[FONT="]The family of former NFL linebacker Junior Seau has reached a confidential agreement with the NFL to end the family’s lawsuit against the league after deciding not to take part in the larger class-action settlement with the NFL over player brain injuries.
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[FONT="]Seau shot himself to death in 2012 at age 42. A postmortem study of his brain concluded he had suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which has been linked to head trauma in football.
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[FONT="]In its wrongful death lawsuit against the league, the family accused the NFL of negligence and said Seau had suffered from symptoms of brain injury caused by repetitive, traumatic head injuries as an NFL player.
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[FONT="]The family’s attorney, Steve Strauss of the firm Cooley LLP, praised the family for sticking with it after filing suit in 2013. On Friday, he filed a notice of dismissal of the case in federal court on behalf of the family.
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[FONT="]“Throughout this process, they have demonstrated the same spirit and commitment that their father Junior modeled during his incredible life and NFL career,” Strauss said in a statement. “We know he would have been proud of them.”
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[FONT="]The family decided to go it alone against the NFL instead of joining the class-action concussion litigation settlement between the league and thousands of other former players. That settlement became effective in January 2017 and already is showing more than $560 million in approved claims, as of Friday.
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[FONT="]Seau played in the NFL from 1990 to 2009, including 13 years with the San Diego Chargers.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Seau shot himself to death in 2012 at age 42. A postmortem study of his brain concluded he had suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which has been linked to head trauma in football.
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[FONT="]In its wrongful death lawsuit against the league, the family accused the NFL of negligence and said Seau had suffered from symptoms of brain injury caused by repetitive, traumatic head injuries as an NFL player.
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[FONT="]The family’s attorney, Steve Strauss of the firm Cooley LLP, praised the family for sticking with it after filing suit in 2013. On Friday, he filed a notice of dismissal of the case in federal court on behalf of the family.
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[FONT="]“Throughout this process, they have demonstrated the same spirit and commitment that their father Junior modeled during his incredible life and NFL career,” Strauss said in a statement. “We know he would have been proud of them.”
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[FONT="]The family decided to go it alone against the NFL instead of joining the class-action concussion litigation settlement between the league and thousands of other former players. That settlement became effective in January 2017 and already is showing more than $560 million in approved claims, as of Friday.
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[FONT="]Seau played in the NFL from 1990 to 2009, including 13 years with the San Diego Chargers.[/FONT]