A class action on behalf of AFL players who allegedly suffered brain injuries has added plaintiff Max Rooke’s former club to the case, and plans to file a separate action against the remaining clubs.
The Australian Football League has panned as “legally misconceived” a bid to drag individual clubs into a class action against the league on behalf of football players who allegedly suffered brain injuries.
The lead plaintiff and several group members in a class action against the Australian Football League on behalf of players who allegedly suffered brain injuries have âvery strongâ opposition to adding individual clubs, a court has heard.
The AFL has scored a small victory in concussion litigation brought by players, winning an order temporarily halting a case by former Western Bulldogs player Liam Picken.
The Australian Football League has asked a court to stay an individual lawsuit brought by a âtotally incapacitatedâ former Western Bulldogs player until a related class action on behalf of players who allegedly suffered brain injuries is decided.
A judge has approved the first settlement in dozens of negligence cases against the Minister for Home Affairs on behalf of refugees detained by the Australian government on the island of Nauru.