Concussion deal critics seek appeals court review

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PHILADELPHIA — Critics of the proposed $1 billion settlement of NFL concussion claims want a full U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia to review a recent decision that upheld the deal.

The challengers believe lead players’ lawyers negotiated away compensation for the key complaint in the original lawsuit, a brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, because the science is still being developed.

In their appeal Thursday, they said the lead players’ lawyers traded away the CTE issue in exchange for higher awards for less common problems, such as Parkinson’s disease and dementia.

“Rather than … deleting the CTE claims from the complaint, however, class counsel proceeded to settle those claims for no compensation, while obtaining recovery for other, rarer, conditions that are not exclusively associated with head …

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