Mealey's (April 30, 2019, 12:23 PM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A federal judge in California on April 18 dismissed with prejudice a class action brought by former National Football League players over the league’s “return-to-play” scheme, which involved giving players drugs to quickly treat them for injuries, finding that the former players failed to sufficiently allege a claim for negligence (Richard Dent, et al. v. National Football League, No. C 14-02324 WHA, N.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 66528)....