{"id":6427,"date":"2015-02-11T06:22:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T06:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/?p=6427"},"modified":"2015-02-11T03:22:55","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T03:22:55","slug":"wrestlers-file-concussion-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2015\/02\/11\/wrestlers-file-concussion-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrestlers File Concussion Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Herndon sports injury lawyer Doug Landau (pictured here with a model of the human brain) understands the impact traumatic brain injury (TBI) can have on someone’s life. But is the WWE liable for TBI in wrestlers who have sustained head trauma from participating in repeated wrestling exhibitions?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last month two former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestlers filed suit against WWE claiming the organization subjected them to serious brain injury by forcing them to continue to wrestle despite the players suffering repeated concussions in the ring.\u00a0 Furthermore, they claim the WWE knew or should have known that the brutality of the sport would cause a variety of medical problems, including traumatic brain injury (TBI).<\/p>\n

If this sounds familiar, that’s because the wrestlers join the ranks of other athletes — professional football players, college athletes, and soccer players — who have recently taken a stand against their sport for ignoring concussion safety protocol and subjecting its players to repeated blows to the head.<\/p>\n

The wrestlers contend they were forced to continue to wrestle despite losing consciousness before and during wrestling matches.\u00a0 Long term effects like memory loss, depression, anxiety, tremors, convulsions, and impaired ability to reason continue to plague the two plaintiffs.<\/p>\n

Herndon brain injury lawyer Doug Landau notes that if the doctors hired by the wrestling shows misled the actors, there may be some liability for medical negligence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

However if there was no specific negligence, but simply cumulative head trauma as a result of participating in these wrestling exhibitions, Landau says it is unclear as to how successful such a lawsuit would be.\u00a0 This is especially true given the defensive notions of assumption of the risk<\/strong> and contributory negligence:<\/strong><\/p>\n