CHICAGO,
Feb. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- In
media sessions leading up to Super Bowl 50, the Commissioner of the
NFL and a member of the NFL's Head, Neck and Spine Committee each
made incredulous statements demonstrating their refusal to
acknowledge the realities of brain damage as a result of the brain
traumas suffered in the NFL.
On Friday, Roger Goodell
responded to a question about player safety by stating, "there's
risks in life, there's risks to sitting on a couch." The day
before, Dr. Mitchel Berger, a
neurosurgeon at the University of California,
San Francisco and member of the NFL's committee charged with
studying concussive and subconcussive brain trauma, remarkably
denied a link between football and neurodegenerative disease.
The Chicago law firm of Corboy &
Demetrio represents numerous former NFL players and their families,
including the family of 1987 NFL Man of the Year and two-time Super
Bowl Champion, Dave Duerson.
Dave Duerson's son, Tregg Duerson, stated, "Comparing the CTE risk
that NFL players face with an apparently inherent risk in sitting
on the couch is an insult to the men affected by CTE. These men and
their families deserve better. The Commissioner and the owners
should be displaying empathy, not insensitively minimizing the
severity of long-term brain damage."
Corboy & Demetrio Attorney William T. Gibbs stated, "After
all the books that have been written, movies that have been made
and autopsies that have been conducted, it is amazing that the
League of Denial continues. Repetitive head trauma is the ONLY risk
factor for developing CTE. These facts are not in dispute, despite
the NFL's desire to undo time and recreate history."
Corboy & Demetrio Co-founder Thomas A. Demetrio stated,
"'The Commissioner's ill-advised analogy is nonsensical. He has, in
effect, warned over 100 million of us that we will assume a risk if
we watch tonight's game while seated on a couch. Really?"
About Corboy & Demetrio
Corboy & Demetrio is one of the nation's premier law firms. The
personal injury law firm represents individuals and their families
in serious personal injury and wrongful death cases and is renowned
for its achievements in the courtroom and for its contributions to
the community. The firm has acquired more than $3 billion in settlements and verdicts and has
attained almost 600 settlements and verdicts in excess of
$1 million. To contact Thomas Demetrio or William Gibbs, call 312-346-3191 or toll free at
800-356-3191. We are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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