WWE seeks to have brain injury lawsuit tossed
STAMFORD — World Wrestling Entertainment is asking a federal judge to dismiss the sixth lawsuit filed on behalf of a former wrestler who claims he suffered a traumatic brain injury.
The Connecticut Law Tribune reports that the 47-page brief filed in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport on Friday, also asks the judge to sanction the wrestler's attorney, Konstantine Kyros, and for Kyros and his co-counsels to pay two law firms representing the WWE more than $1 million in legal fees.
The brief notes that the court has reprimanded Kyros for his handling of several lawsuits against the wrestling empire since 2014, the law tribune reports. Read the full story here.
U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant, who admonished Kyros last month and threw out two lawsuits filed by him on behalf of the families of two former wrestlers whose deaths were allegedly linked to traumatic brain injuries suffered in the ring, will also handle the pending case.
Source: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/WWE-seeks-to-have-brain-injury-lawsuit-tossed-10822189.php
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Actually, the WWE banned "chair shots" several years ago, but that comes too late for many wrestlers.
This man will become the poster boy for CTE among pro wrasslers someday. It won't all rest on WWE, however, as he had a brutal stint in ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling) prior to being brought aboard by Vince McMahon.
