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the1mcjensen
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i may sound like a dick, but that 110k is more than he would ever make at walgreens. as a former manager, i know this
goldenegg1
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I seriously doubt he wins this.
Common sense would tell him there was a possibilty of being injured whether it be helmet to helmet or otherwise. It would be like a NASCAR driver suing because he injured himself while racing. It is nothing more than trying to get a handout from the NFL.
Common sense would tell him there was a possibilty of being injured whether it be helmet to helmet or otherwise. It would be like a NASCAR driver suing because he injured himself while racing. It is nothing more than trying to get a handout from the NFL.
seahawks4ever
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goldenegg1 said:
Has Eric Shelton heard about 'assumption of risk?' When you go out on the field, everyone knows you have a chance at getting seriously hurt.
AUTaxMan
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seahawks4ever said:
You took the words out of my mouth. Football is dangerous. This one won't get past summary judgment.
Zeeck
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AUTaxMan said:
Has nothing to do with the danger involved in the sport. The thrust of the suit is whether the pension plan acted in bad faith in classifying his injury as it did in order to avoid having to pay the maximum benefits. Assumption of risk plays no role here.
seahawks4ever
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Zeeck said:
I should know better than to chime in on a legal thing when there is a lawyer lurking around the corner :lol:
However...why did he wait until now to file the suit? Also, if he could work, but couldn't stand, couldn't he get a desk job? I'm assuming he has a college degree... and if he doesn't have a working degree, isn't 110K/year enough to go to community college?
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seahawks4ever said:
I thought about that, but if he has a debilitating condition, that affects quality of life and will have medical bills add up. Granted I think they should have some sort of medical coverage, but the "extra" money has to go towards that, I would assume.
In theory, if you could not comfortably stand for a decent time for the rest of your life, how much would that be worth to you?
The NFL for decades has denied that playing football is the cause for alot of mental and phyiscal issues suffered by players. Their policy of ignorance has been challenged by older players in the last 10 to 15 years. Al Toon is one I can think of that is basically disabled due to repeated head injuries.
Mike Webster was the NFL's most shameful display of callousness as he basically had early Alzheimers/dementia caused by repeated brain injuries that didn't allow him to be able to make rational decisions that ended up costing him his marriage and money and he ended up living in his truck under a bridge before dying at a very early age. His son gave a very emotional testimony about this during a hearing about NFL's pension plan to vets.
THe previous NFL spokes doctor denied that there was enough data to conclude that head injuries were causing these early stage alzheimers and mental issues. This caused an outrage in the medical community and he was ridiculed by most people who have studied this for the last 20 years. The NFL fired him and replaced him with a new doctor and institued their own studies that did find "shocking" that concussions can cause problems later in life,
Once the NFL disclosed their findings and started changing the way the game was played it basically was admission that it was the culprit for alot of players later in life issues. So now any NFL player who had their penision benifits denied or reduced due to the NFL's previous stance on head injuries can now go back and seek resolution.
There are tons of bitter NFL vets who are willing to go the mile with this one. I wouldn't doubt that the NFL is starting to stockpile money in case there is a class action or ruling that they have to pay restituion to all the widows out there who's husbands died at an very early age due to repeated head trumas.
The main issue is this, all employers are required to protect their employees from workplace dangers to the best of their abilities. By not doing anything for the last 20 to 30 years and all of the sudden changing how the game is officiated and now played it is a big red flag saying that this was something they should have done alot earlier and it may have prevent Shelton's injuries.
Mike Webster was the NFL's most shameful display of callousness as he basically had early Alzheimers/dementia caused by repeated brain injuries that didn't allow him to be able to make rational decisions that ended up costing him his marriage and money and he ended up living in his truck under a bridge before dying at a very early age. His son gave a very emotional testimony about this during a hearing about NFL's pension plan to vets.
THe previous NFL spokes doctor denied that there was enough data to conclude that head injuries were causing these early stage alzheimers and mental issues. This caused an outrage in the medical community and he was ridiculed by most people who have studied this for the last 20 years. The NFL fired him and replaced him with a new doctor and institued their own studies that did find "shocking" that concussions can cause problems later in life,
Once the NFL disclosed their findings and started changing the way the game was played it basically was admission that it was the culprit for alot of players later in life issues. So now any NFL player who had their penision benifits denied or reduced due to the NFL's previous stance on head injuries can now go back and seek resolution.
There are tons of bitter NFL vets who are willing to go the mile with this one. I wouldn't doubt that the NFL is starting to stockpile money in case there is a class action or ruling that they have to pay restituion to all the widows out there who's husbands died at an very early age due to repeated head trumas.
The main issue is this, all employers are required to protect their employees from workplace dangers to the best of their abilities. By not doing anything for the last 20 to 30 years and all of the sudden changing how the game is officiated and now played it is a big red flag saying that this was something they should have done alot earlier and it may have prevent Shelton's injuries.
AUTaxMan
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Zeeck said:
Thanks. I assumed it was a straight-up PI claim. Didn't read the article.
