High Court Won’t Review Claims NHL Failed To Protect Player From Concussions, Drugs

(December 17, 2018, 6:32 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 3 refused to review the dismissal of a wrongful death suit brought by the parents of a professional hockey player who died from a drug overdose.  The couple maintained that the National Hockey League (NHL) was responsible for their son’s death because it failed to protect him from the dangers of concussions and allowed him to become addicted to painkillers (Len Boogaard, et al. v. National Hockey League, et al., No. 18-419, U.S. Sup.)....

Related Sections