According to Bloomberg and other news outlets, WWE is currently being sued by several former performers who claim the company hid the long-term effects of neurological injuries from years.
WWE is accused of failing to care for wrestlers’ repetitive head injuries “in any medically competent or meaningful manner” and misrepresenting and concealing the nature of long-term neurological injuries they suffered as a result of their careers. These wrestlers claim that WWE put capital gains over performers’ health.
Here is the full list of wrestlers suing WWE:
- Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka
- Road Warrior Animal
- Paul Orndorff
- Chavo Guerrero Jr.
- Bryan Clark aka Adam Bomb
- Ahmed Johnson
- Kamala
- Dave Hebner
- Earl Hebner
- King Kong Bundy
- Ken Patera
- Sabu
- Ax
- Smash
- The Berzerker
- Shane Douglas
- Muhammad Hassan
- Henry Godwin
- Mark Jindrak
- Marty Jannetty
- Heidenreich
- Mantaur
- One Man Gang
- The estate of Axl Rotten.
WWE has responded to this with a statement saying:
“This is another ridiculous attempt by the same attorney who has previously filed class action lawsuits against WWE, both of which have been dismissed. A federal judge has already found that this lawyer made patently false allegations about WWE, and this is more of the same. We’re confident this lawsuit will suffer the same fate as his prior attempts and be dismissed.”
The case is Laurinaitis v. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., 3:16-cv-01209, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut (New Haven.)
This story is still a developing one and we will have further coverage on it.
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