In re: NFL Players Concussion v.

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Decided: May 2, 2016
• Docket: 15-2206
• Status: Published

Opinion

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ________________

15-2206, 15-2217, 15-2230, 15-2234, 15-2272, 15-2273 15-2290, 15-2291, 15-2292, 15-2294, 15-2304 & 15-2305 ________________

IN RE: NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS CONCUSSION INJURY LITIGATION

Craig Heimburger; Dawn Heimburger, Appellants (15-2206)

Cleo Miller; Judson Flint; Elmer Underwood; Vincent Clark, Sr.; Ken Jones; Fred Smerlas; Jim Rourke; Lou Piccone; James David Wilkins, II, Appellants (15-2217)

Curtis L. Anderson, Appellant (15-2230)

Darren R. Carrington, Appellant (15-2234)

Raymond Armstrong; Nathaniel Newton, Jr.; Larry Brown; Kenneth Davis; Michael McGruder; Clifton L. Odom; George Teague; Drew Coleman; Dennis DeVaughn; Alvin Harper; Ernest Jones; Michael Kiselak; Jeremy Loyd; Gary Wayne Lewis; Lorenzo Lynch; Hurles Scales, Jr.; Gregory Evans; David Mims; Evan Ogelsby; Phillip E. Epps; Charles L. Haley, Sr.; Kevin Rey Smith; Darryl Gerard Lewis; Curtis Bernanrd Wilson; Kelvin Mack Edwards, Sr.; Dwayne Levels; Solomon Page; Tim McKyer; Larry Barnes; James Garth Jax; William B. Duff; Mary Hughes; Barbara Scheer, Appellants (15-2272)

Liyongo Patrise Alexander; Charlie Anderson; Charles E. Arbuckle; Cassandra Bailey, as Representative of the Estate of Johnny Bailey; Ben Bronson; Curtis Ceaser, Jr.; Larry Centers; Darrell Colbert; Harry Colon; Christopher Crooms; Jerry W. Davis; Tim Denton; Michael Dumas; Corris Ervin; Doak Field; Baldwin Malcolm Frank; Derrick Frazier; Murray E. Garrett; Clyde P. Glosson; Roderick W. Harris; Wilmer K. Hicks, Jr.; Patrick Jackson; Gary Jones; Ryan McCoy; Jerry James Moses, Jr.; Anthony E. Newsom; Rance Olison; John Owens; Robert Pollard; Derrick Pop; Glenell Sanders; Thomas Sanders; Dwight A. Scales; Todd Scott; Frankie Smith; Jermaine Smith; Tyrone Smith; James A. Young, Sr., Appellants (15-2273)

Scott Gilchrist, individually and on behalf of the Estate of Carlton Chester “Cookie” Gilchrist, Appellant (15-2290)

Jimmie H. Jones; Ricky Ray; Jesse Solomon, Appellants (15-2291)

Andrew Stewart, Appellant (15-2292)

Willie T. Taylor, Appellant (15-2294)

Alan Faneca; Roderick “Rock” Cartwright; Jeff Rohrer; Sean Considine, Appellants (15-2304)

James Mayberry, Appellant (15-2305)

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (D.C. Civil Action Nos. 2-12-md-02323 and 2-14-cv-00029) District Judge: Honorable Anita B. Brody ________________

Argued November 19, 2015

Before: AMBRO, HARDIMAN, and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges

(Opinion filed: April 18, 2016)

ORDER AMENDING PRECEDENTIAL OPINION

AMBRO, Circuit Judge

2 IT IS NOW ORDERED that the published Opinion in the above case filed April 18, 2016, be amended as follows:

On page 62, first full paragraph, line 13, add an “n” to “a” so the phrase reads “the lasting scars of an NFL career,”

By the Court, s/ Thomas L. Ambro, Circuit Judge Dated: May 2, 2016

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