Mealey's (September 9, 2021, 7:47 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Former professional football players who sued the National Football League for allegedly failing to properly distribute pain killers and other prescription drugs failed to conduct a comprehensive survey of the 50 states’ negligence law and instead analyzed only the laws in four states where the named plaintiffs reside, a federal judge in California ruled Aug. 31, denying the players’ motion for class certification and calling the “failure to analyze all possible jurisdictions, as required under the law of the forum state, . . . a showstopper.”...