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Russ McCullough et al v. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc
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3:15-cv-01074
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October 10, 2023
Wrestlers' Atty To Appeal $312K In Sanctions To High Court
A Massachusetts attorney who represented athletes in brain injury suits against World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. is taking his battle against $312,000 in sanctions to the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing the penalty he was assessed was based on legal error and shouldn't have been upheld by the Second Circuit.
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October 29, 2021
Atty Says Sanctions In WWE Suit Violated Due Process
A Connecticut federal judge abused her authority by sanctioning an attorney representing former World Wrestling Entertainment employees who claimed, allegedly without specific evidence, that the company hid the long-term danger of head injuries, the attorney said in a motion filed Thursday.
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March 15, 2021
Atty In Failed WWE Case Blasts 'Suspect' K&L Gates Fee Bid
A lawyer who was previously sanctioned for his conduct in pursuing now-dismissed claims that World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. hid the risks of head injuries said Friday that the company can't score more than half a million dollars in legal fees, calling K&L Gates LLP's billing rates "suspect."
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March 10, 2021
WWE Pursues 6-Figure Fees From Concussion Suits' Atty
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. and CEO Vince McMahon are seeking more than a half-million dollars in legal fees from the attorney that led former star wrestlers' since-dismissed complaints about the Stamford, Connecticut-based media, sports and entertainment company allegedly hiding the risks of concussions.
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September 17, 2018
WWE Wins 2 Bouts In Suits Over Wrestlers' Concussions
A Connecticut federal court ruled Monday in favor of World Wrestling Entertainment in two suits related to former wrestlers' claims that the organization fraudulently concealed a link between the sport and brain injuries, finding that their complaints were barred by the statutes of limitations or the court's previous rulings or were frivolous.
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August 06, 2018
WWE Seeks Attys' Fees After Sanctions In Concussion Suit
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. has asked a Connecticut federal judge to order an attorney for two former wrestlers to pay the entertainment company's $176,486 legal bill for attorneys' fees and costs associated with an earlier sanctions order over an evidence dispute in the wrestlers' concussion suit.
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March 29, 2018
WWE Beats Concussion Suit's Last Fraud Claims
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. defeated the final claim of two former wrestlers who had alleged the company hid the effects of repeated blows to the head when a Connecticut federal court ruled on Wednesday that the company had not attempted to conceal the long-term effects and instituted a concussion protocol when it became aware of the dangers.
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March 22, 2018
WWE Slams 'Deceptive' Atty, Seeks To Toss Concussion Suit
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. told a Connecticut federal court on Thursday that a magistrate judge's recommendation for sanctions against an attorney should be upheld and encouraged the court to dismiss the lawsuit alleging the company concealed the long-term effects of repeated blows to the head, arguing that repeated failures to fully answer questions regarding former wrestlers' medical condition has resulted in fraudulent and deceptive conduct.
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February 23, 2018
Judge Calls For Sanctions In WWE Concussion Suit
A Connecticut federal judge on Thursday recommended partial sanctions against the lead attorney for two former wrestlers in the concussion suit against World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., calling for him to pay for legal fees associated with the sanctions motion and warning him that failure to follow another court order would result in his dismissal from the suit.
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November 06, 2017
Ex-Wrestlers Take Second Shot At Brain Injury Suit
Former World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. wrestlers on Friday hit the organization with an amended 225-page complaint over concussions, a month after a Connecticut federal judge said she was inclined to side with the WWE, but gave the wrestlers a shot to file more succinct pleadings.