Former NFL Player’s Claims In Disability Suit Must Be Dismissed, Judge Says

(March 9, 2023, 12:58 PM EST) -- DETROIT — A Michigan federal judge determined that a former National Football League (NFL) player cannot maintain a claim seeking disability benefits under the NFL disability plan or a breach of fiduciary duty claim against the plan and other NFL entities because the player’s claim for disability benefits was not timely filed and the player failed to plausibly state a claim for breach of fiduciary duty against any of the defendants....