2nd Circuit Upholds Forum Rule Application, Sanctions In WWE CTE Class, Mass Cases

(August 30, 2023, 9:17 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A trial court’s decisions to award World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. and Vincent K. McMahon (together, WWE) sanctions and apply the forum rule to determine the amount in a class tort complaint and a mass action brought by the same attorney on behalf of allegedly injured wrestlers were upheld by a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel, which found that there was no abuse of discretion....