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The marquee names read like a wrestling fan’s dream team of the glorious 1980s.
That was the era when the spectacle emerged from its dark cocoon in dingy arenas on Saturday afternoons and into the mainstream.
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Names like Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, Joseph “Road Warrior Animal” Laurinaitis, Paul “Mr. Wonderful” Orndorff, Chris “King Kong Bundy” Pallies and Harry Masayoshi Fujiwara, known as Mr. Fuji.
Snuka, Bundy, Fujiwara are now dead.
But after they went to the squared circle in the sky, Snuka and Fujiwara were diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, their lawyer says.
WWE Attorney Issues Statement On Attempt To Bring Concussion Lawsuit To The Supreme Court
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Longtime WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt has issued a statement on the recent filing by attorney Konstantine Kyros to have one of the WWE concussion lawsuits, which has already been dismissed by lower courts, resurrected and taken to the Supreme Court of the United States.
As noted, the original previously-dismissed lawsuit by more than 50 former WWE wrestlers who claim WWE failed to protect them from repeated head injuries, including concussions that led to long-term brain damage. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit included several WWE Hall of Famers and Legends – the late Road Warrior Animal, Paul Orndorff, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Ahmed Johnson, Dave and Earl Hebner, Sabu, Marty Jannetty, Shane Douglas, the late Jimmy Snuka, the late King Kong Bundy, the late Mr. Fuji, the late Kamala, Barry Darsow, and Heidenreich, among several others. WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon wa
WWE Attorney Jerry McDevitt Releases Statement On Concussion Lawsuit Posted By: Dustin Frisch on Feb 19, 2021
Longtime WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt issued a statement on the recent filing by attorney Konstantine Kyros to have one of the WWE concussion lawsuits, which has already been dismissed by lower courts, brought back and taken to The Supreme Court of the United States.
WWE has continued to deny the allegations, and a WWE spokesperson told The Star Tribune in Minnesota earlier today that the lawsuits are without merit.
You can read McDevitt’s full statement below:
“[Konstantine Kyros] has no automatic right to appeal to the Supreme Court. He has to ask them to accept an appeal, and that is what he filed. The large majority of requests are denied, and the Supreme Court typically takes cases presenting some issue of national import where the courts in the various federal circuits differ on some specific issue of federal law.