October 02, 2017
A Connecticut federal judge said Friday she is inclined to side with World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. in a pair of consolidated actions with former wrestlers over the long-term effects of traumatic brain injuries, but she gave the wrestlers an opportunity to file more succinct pleadings first.
April 14, 2017
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. sought Friday to end two former wrestlers' remaining claims that the company hid the dangers of repeated head trauma, arguing there is no evidence that WWE knew of the alleged dangers or that the wrestlers relied on its failure to tell them.
March 24, 2017
A Connecticut federal judge on Friday skewered World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. and a pair of former wrestlers that claim the dangers of repeated head traumas were hidden from them, telling both sides their briefs for a summary judgment bid were far too long.
November 14, 2016
A Connecticut federal judge has granted World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.'s bid to dismiss two wrongful death suits alleging former wrestlers' deaths were due to traumatic brain injuries brought on by the WWE's negligence, ruling the individuals who brought the suits failed to show a link between the deaths and wrongful acts of the WWE.
November 01, 2016
A class of former WWE wrestlers told a Connecticut court Tuesday that the company has engaged in abusive sanctions motions in its fight against their concussion claims and should itself face sanctions.
October 19, 2016
World Wrestling Entertainment asked a Connecticut court Wednesday to dismiss claims by former wrestlers that the company kept them in the dark on the long-term danger of concussions, saying the consolidated class action complaint was a collection of invalid claims and false statements.
September 19, 2016
Ex-wrestlers accusing World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. of withholding the dangers of repeated head injuries and concussions on Monday rebutted the company's call for sanctions, telling a Connecticut federal judge there's no evidence they committed perjury and that the allegations are a waste of time.
September 12, 2016
A pair of former World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. wrestlers sought Friday to preserve their suit accusing the company of withholding the dangers of repeated head injuries and concussions, telling a Connecticut federal court their late responses to defense information requests shouldn't be held against them.
September 08, 2016
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. told a Connecticut federal judge Thursday that any claims over brain injuries by four former wrestlers came years too late, saying that the ex-wrestlers last performed for WWE decades ago and hadn't complained of injuries until last year.
August 08, 2016
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. continued its push to escape a pair of lawsuits by former professional wrestlers accusing the company of withholding the dangers of repeated head injuries and concussions, telling a Connecticut federal judge Monday that the plaintiffs lied in their responses to the company's request for information.