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Dozens of former WWE wrestlers who have claimed in lawsuits that WWE failed to protect them from repeated head injuries are taking the case to the United States Supreme Court.
We noted back in September how WWE scored a major court victory when a federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit filed against WWE by more than 50 former talents, most of them stars from the 1980s and the 1990s. The wrestlers claimed that WWE failed to protect them from the repeated head injuries, including concussions that led to long-term brain damage. However, the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City agreed with a federal judge in Hartford, Connecticut, US District Judge Vanessa Bryant, who dismissed the lawsuits two years ago, saying many of the claims were frivolous or filed after the statute of limitations expired.