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Cloud v. The Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan

  1. March 24, 2025

    NFL Blew Chance To Keep Atty Fees, Ex-Player Tells 5th Circ.

    Former NFL player Michael Cloud, whose award of disability benefits by the league was reversed in 2023, told the Fifth Circuit that the league had forfeited its chance to reverse the awarding of attorney fees and should have its second attempt thrown out.

  2. January 14, 2025

    NFL Plan On Hook For Atty Fees Despite 5th Circ. Win

    The NFL retirement plan must cover up to $1.86 million in attorney fees and expenses for a former running back who said the plan mishandled his disability benefits application, a Texas federal judge ruled, saying the Fifth Circuit's reversal of his bench trial win didn't discredit his exposure of the plan's systemic issues.

  3. August 24, 2022

    Judge Orders Stay, $3.34M Bond In NFL Disability Benefit Suit

    Pending an appeal from the NFL's retirement plan, a Texas federal judge has approved a $3.34 million appeal bond and stayed the judgment in the case of a former running back who recently won his lawsuit claiming he was cheated out of disability benefits. 

  4. July 25, 2022

    NFL Retirement Plan Turns To 5th Circ. After $2.5M Loss

    The National Football League’s retirement plan said Monday it would look to the Fifth Circuit to overturn a former running back’s $2.5 million win in a lawsuit claiming he was shortchanged on disability benefits.

  5. July 18, 2022

    Ex-NFLer Wins $1.2M In Atty Fees For 'Arduous' Benefits Fight

    A Texas federal judge on Monday awarded $1.2 million in attorney fees to a former NFL running back who prevailed in his "arduous" benefits suit challenging the league's player retirement plan, remarking that "David took on Goliath and prevailed."

  6. June 22, 2022

    NFL Benefits Case Lays Bare 'Troubling' System, Judge Says

    A Texas federal judge who ruled in favor of a former NFL running back in a disability payments dispute said the case pulled back the curtain on how the league's retirement plan determines who gets benefits, "and what lies behind it is far from pretty."

  7. June 06, 2022

    Ex-NFLer Seeks $1M In Atty Fees For 'Arduous' Benefits Win

    A former NFL running back who won a benefits lawsuit last month against the league's player retirement plan is asking for just over $1 million in attorney fees, telling a Texas federal court it was "the most difficult and arduous dispute" his lead counsel had ever litigated.

  8. May 26, 2022

    NFL Retirement Plan Violated ERISA, Texas Judge Says

    A Texas federal judge on Thursday lambasted the NFL player retirement plan for a history of selectively reviewing former players' applications for disability benefits and abusing its discretion, finding that the plan violated federal benefits law when it denied a retired Super Bowl-winning running back placement in a higher benefits class.

  9. May 23, 2022

    Former Ravens President Rejects Ex-NFLer's ERISA Claims

    Former Baltimore Ravens President and NFL retirement plan board member Richard "Dick" Cass on Monday defended the plan's decision to deny a retired Super Bowl-winning running back placement into a higher benefits class, telling a Texas federal judge he stands by the decision despite claims that it violated federal benefits law.

  10. May 18, 2022

    Ex-NFL Player Fights ERISA Classification In Texas Trial

    A retired Super Bowl-winning running back implored a Texas federal judge Wednesday to ignore red herring arguments he believes an NFL retirement plan will present to avoid liability for allegedly violating federal benefits law by denying him placement in a higher benefits class.