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Title: "Football & TV star Alex Karras latest to sue NFL over head injuries" Post by: Chechem on April 13, 2012, 01:18:13 PM http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/13/football-tv-star-alex-karras-latest-to-sue-nfl-over-head-injuries/
Quote Alex Karras, the former Detroit Lions standout who starred in the 1980s sitcom “Webster” - and whose wife says is now suffering from dementia - has joined hundreds of ex-NFL players suing the league over concussion-related injuries. Karras, who also played the horse-punching Mongo in the 1974 movie “Blazing Saddles," is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Philadelphia on behalf of him and 69 other former NFL players. The suit – the 12th concussion-related complaint filed against the NFL by the Locks Law Firm in Philadelphia, now representing about 700 former NFL players – alleges that the league didn’t do enough to warn players that they risked permanent brain damage if they played too soon after a concussion, and that it concealed evidence about the risks for decades.... Title: Re: "Football & TV star Alex Karras latest to sue NFL over head injuries" Post by: 2Stater on April 13, 2012, 05:43:14 PM He may have a valid argument..........
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