NFL’s Brain-Damage Deal Survives as Top Court Spurns Appeals
- Payments to former players set to begin early next year
- Appeal said compensation inadequate for future diagnoses
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The U.S. Supreme Court let stand the National Football League’s $765 million concussion settlement, turning away contentions by former players that the accord won’t adequately compensate them for the brain damage they may have suffered.
The justices, without comment, left intact a federal appeals court ruling that the agreement, while imperfect, was a fair resolution of claims filed on behalf of more than 20,000 retired NFL players.