On October 15th, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled in favor of our client, Darren Mickell, in the case, Mickell v. Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Players Retirement Plan, holding that the NFL abused its discretion when it denied disability benefits to...
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NFL Disability Claims
The National Football League is well known for denying the valid disability claims of its players. After submitting a claim for disability benefits to the NFL, which is self-insured and administrates all NFL claims, the player is often sent to numerous "neutral"...
CTE, Concussions, and Proving a Disability Claim
In a clip from FRONTLINE's League of Denial, neuropathologist Dr. Ann McKee discusses the brain of Penn football player Owen Thomas, who took his own life at age 21. After Thomas's death, Dr. McKee studied Mr. Thomas's brain and was shocked to find evidence of Chronic...
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Finds Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan was Wrong and Unreasonable When it Denied a 9 Year NFL Veteran with Traumatic Brain Injury Total and Permanent Disability Benefits
In May of 2017, we discussed the case of Jesse Solomon v. Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan, where the district court held that the NFL Plan was wrong and unreasonable when it denied Total and Permanent Disability ("TPD") benefits to Jesse Solomon, a...
Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan and the NFL Player Supplemental Disability Plan Ordered by Federal District Court to Pay NFL Player Full Disability Benefits
The Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan and NFL Disability Plans are notoriously difficult for a NFL player to collect benefits under from the NFL. Further discouraging is that rarely are the cases filed by NFL players denied disability benefits under...
Are NFL Players Underinsured Against a Career-Ending Injury or Illness?
It has been estimated that only about 40 percent of players in the National Football League (NFL) purchase disability insurance coverage. This combined with the fact that a mere 50 percent of the compensation in the NFL is guaranteed and the extremely high risk of...