April 28, 2017
The National Hockey League on Thursday asked a Minnesota federal judge to cut two retired players from a proposed class action alleging the league didn't tell players about the risks of concussions, arguing that the men's claims are time-barred.
April 28, 2017
The NHL urged a Minnesota federal court Thursday to reject two classes proposed by former hockey players alleging the league failed to warn them about the risks of repeated head injuries, saying no scientific study has definitively linked head traumas to neurodegenerative conditions.
April 26, 2017
A Minnesota federal judge on Wednesday largely denied the National Hockey League's bid to compel the Boston University CTE Center and its researchers to hand over materials related to its study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the degenerative brain disease at the center of the litigation.
April 07, 2017
Boston University CTE Center's Dr. Ann McKee, a leading researcher of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, told a Minnesota federal court Friday she was utterly astonished the National Hockey League compared her work to that of the discredited doctor who claimed vaccines cause autism.
April 04, 2017
The National Hockey League chief told league officials that the "media is at a hysterical period" over concussions partly due to the NFL, and advised against openly debating the subject, according to meeting notes unsealed in a case alleging the hockey league hid repeated head injuries' harmful effects.
March 30, 2017
A Minnesota federal judge recently allowed certain internal emails, meeting minutes and other documents to be made public in litigation brought by former National Hockey League players alleging claims over head injuries in hockey, finding the public need for the information outweighs the league's interest in keeping them confidential.
March 02, 2017
Boston University CTE Center researcher Dr. Ann McKee told a Minnesota federal court Wednesday that she fears that the NHL is seeking research materials for the sole purpose of discrediting the center’s research on the brain disease CTE, which former NHL players are relying on in a lawsuit against the league over the dangers of head injuries.
February 22, 2017
A Minnesota federal judge denied the NHL's bid to obtain the annotated bibliography for a report prepared by an expert for a proposed class of former players alleging claims over head injuries in hockey, as the parties continue to fight over discovery materials.
February 17, 2017
Faced with a proposed class action alleging it hid the dangers of head injuries in professional hockey and encouraged violence in the game, the NHL has chosen to attack the idea of a link between repeated head trauma and the much-publicized brain disease CTE, bucking a majority of scientists and medical experts, in a move that has many legal experts baffled.
February 16, 2017
The National Hockey League and a proposed class of former players continued to wrangle over documents in their concussion battle Wednesday, with the league claiming the players have no right to strike its inclusion of scientific exhibits that dispute the relationship between head injuries and the degenerative brain condition CTE.