Former NFL Player Files Class Action, Alleges Plan Breached Fiduciary Duties

NEW YORK - A former National Football League player on May 22 filed suit in New York federal court, alleging that the NFL's retirement plan and its fiduciaries duty violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by refusing to reclassify players' disability benefits as football degenerative (FD) benefits despite evidence showing that the disabilities suffered by players were caused by numerous hits to the head and concussions sustained while playing in the NFL (Christopher Hudson, et al., v. National Football League Management Council, et al., No. 18-4483, S.D. N.Y.).
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