Former Boston Bruins defenseman Jon Rohloff is the latest player to bring a class-action lawsuit against the NHL, claiming the league took insufficient action to protect him from brain injuries.
The New York Times' Jeff Z. Klein provided the news, noting that Rohloff is the only named plaintiff in the suit. This is the fourth concussion-related lawsuit against the NHL in the last year, as Pro Hockey Talk's Mike Halford reported, although this is the first with just a single plaintiff.
Here's more information, via the lawsuit:
Former NHL players are uniting to send one resounding message: they signed up to play hockey knowing that they might get injured and dinged, but they didnot sign up for brain damage.
Over the course of an NHL season, a player will sustain hundreds of hits to the head during games, contact in training camp practices, and from contact in some regular season practices. These concussive and sub-concussive impacts, particularly when multiplied over the course of an NHL career, result in impaired brain function or& ...
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