August 01, 2016
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. urged a Connecticut federal judge Monday to end a pair of lawsuits by former professional wrestlers alleging the company fraudulently withheld the dangers of repeated head injuries and concussions, arguing that the plaintiffs themselves do not even know why they are suing for fraud.
July 22, 2016
A Connecticut federal judge handed World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. a partial win in a consolidated action alleging fraud surrounding its handling of concussion risks, declining to reconsider an order keeping one suit by a pair of ex-wrestlers alive but reviving its bid for declaratory judgment against others threatening litigation.
May 31, 2016
The WWE fought back in Connecticut federal court Friday against a push by two wrestlers for additional documents in their suit alleging the organization failed to inform them of the risks posed by head injuries, saying no new evidence can mask the fatal flaws in what remains of a once-sweeping class action.
May 26, 2016
A Connecticut federal judge on Thursday granted a request by two former professional wrestlers to depose World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. executive Stephanie McMahon Levesque in their suit alleging the wrestling company hid the harmful effects of repeated head injuries from its employees.
May 16, 2016
Two former professional wrestlers alleging the World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. hid the harmful effects of repeated head injuries told a Connecticut federal court that the WWE is violating a court order by refusing to make certain key company executives available for questioning.
May 09, 2016
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.'s attempt to persuade a Connecticut federal judge to dismiss what's left of a suit claiming WWE misled employees about concussion risks shows a "stubborn refusal" to recognize those risks, two wrestlers argued Monday, saying company officials were fully aware of their concussive condition while sitting ringside at their fights.
April 05, 2016
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. asked a Connecticut federal court on Monday to nix what's left of a suit claiming it misled employees about the risks posed by concussions, saying the dangers were so well publicized, it could not have concealed them from the two athletes whose claims survived dismissal last month.
March 22, 2016
A Connecticut federal judge on Monday dismissed two suits brought by former wrestlers accusing World Wrestling Entertainment of hiding the dangers of repeated head injuries because they didn’t wrestle after the WWE was alleged to have learned of the dangers, while keeping another filed by wrestlers that retired more recently.
January 15, 2016
World Wrestling Entertainment and two former wrestlers suing the company should go ahead with discovery on whether WWE hid the dangers of head injuries while a Connecticut federal judge considers whether to dismiss this case and similar ones, the judge said Friday.
January 07, 2016
The widow of wrestler Nelson Frazier Jr. asked a Connecticut federal judge on Wednesday not to toss her wrongful death suit against World Wrestling Entertainment, arguing that her complaint sufficiently linked WWE's alleged concealment of head injury risks to the wrestler's death.