Former Atlanta Falcons running back Jamal Anderson and linebacker Jessie Tuggle, who helped take the “Dirty Birds” to Super Bowl XXXIII, are among 114 players and their wives who sued the National Football League as part of expanding national litigation centered around traumatic brain injuries.
The suit filed in Atlanta federal court is expected to be transferred to a Philadelphia judge, who has been assigned to hear multidistrict litigation that includes suits filed on behalf of more than 1,500 current and former football players. All claim that for years the NFL concealed evidence linking concussions suffered during games to permanent brain damage.
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