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Former NFL player Kevin Turner speaks during a news conference April 9 in Philadelphia, after a hearing to determine whether the NFL faces years of litigation over concussion-related brain injuries. Lawyers for the retired NFL players announced a payout plan Monday in the proposed $ 765 million settlement of thousands of concussion-related claims.
There’s now a price on head trauma-related injuries in the NFL.
Lou Gehrig’s disease is worth up to $ 5 million; death involving brain trauma, $ 4 million; and dementia equates to $ 3 million under a payout plan announced Monday by lawyers for the retired NFL players in the proposed $ 765 million settlement of thousands of concussion-related claims.
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Former Detroit Lions quarterback Eric Hipple (left) preparing for an MRI in Detroit on April 19. Under the settlement announced Monday, the maximum awards would go to players under 45. For a man in his early 60s, the awards top out at $ 3 million for ALS and $ 950,000 for Alzheimer’s disease.
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The maximum awards would go to players under 45. For a man in his early 60s, the awards top out at $ 3 million for ALS and $ 950,000 for Alzheimer’s disease.
“The compensation provided in this settlement will lift a heavy (financial) burden off of the men who are suffering,” said Kevin Turner, a plaintiff and ex-player who is battling ALS.
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