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Former NFL players seek to intervene in race-norming mediation, citing mistrust of class counsel

EricVega/iStockBy PETE MADDEN, ABC News

(PHILADELPHIA) — Former NFL players Kevin Henry and Najeh Davenport are seeking to intervene in the upcoming court-ordered mediation between the NFL and the class counsel representing former players in the league’s landmark concussion settlement program, arguing that class counsel “cannot adequately represent the interests of Black former players on the issue.”

In a motion filed before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Monday, attorneys for Henry and Davenport took aim at Seeger Weiss, the prominent plaintiffs’ law firm that negotiated the terms of the original settlement, alleging that “the discriminatory

 

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