Alford et al v. The NFL Player Disability & Survivor Benefit Plan et al

  1. September 04, 2024

    Ex-NFLers Seek Class Cert. To Challenge 'Sham' Benefits

    Former NFL players suing the league's disability plan for denying them benefits have asked a Maryland federal judge to certify a vast class of aggrieved ex-pros, excoriating the "sham claims process" that left them out in the cold.

  2. March 21, 2024

    Defendants Cut As Ex-NFL Pros' Benefits Suit Moves Forward

    A Maryland federal judge has let NFL officials off the hook in a lawsuit that alleges the league's disability plan incentivizes doctors to deny claims regardless of evidence, while declining to dismiss the complaint entirely.

  3. June 28, 2023

    NFL Says Disabled Players' Suit Based On 'Meaningless' Data

    The National Football League's retirement and disability plan has blasted allegations by former players that it financially incentivizes physicians to deny their disability claims regardless of the evidence, saying in a motion to dismiss their proposed class action that their claims are based on a "litany of meaningless statistics."

  4. March 23, 2023

    'Insane': How Doctors Paid By The NFL Deny Players Benefits

    The NFL's retirement plan has dispatched dozens of lawsuits from retired players over the past 30 years claiming it wrongly denies disability benefits, but a new class action with potentially explosive allegations could finally force a reckoning.

  5. February 09, 2023

    Ex-NFL Players Say Disability Benefits Were Unfairly Denied

    Ten retired NFL players filed a proposed class action in Baltimore federal court on Thursday, alleging that the disability benefits plan jointly operated by the league and the players' association unjustly denied benefits to injured players.