Case 2:12-cv-01037-AB Document 2 Filed 04/24/12 Page 1 of 150 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA IN RE; NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS’ CONCUSSION INJURY LITIGATION MDL DOCKET NO. 2323 12-md-2323 THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO: Wooden, et., al., v. National Football League, No. 1:12-cv-20269-JEM (S.D. Fla.) SHAWN WOODEN; RYAN FOWLER, individually AMENDED COMPLAINT – and on behalf of all others similarly situated, CLASS AND MASS ACTION and TIM COUCH; FRED TAYLOR; OLANDIS GARY; RAHIM ABDULLAH; DENISE TORRANCE; DEON ANDERSON; TIM ANDERSON; THOMAS BACKES; CARLTON BAILEY; JODIE BAILEY; TOMMY BARNHARDT; JASON BELL; KEVIN BENTLEY; LADELL BETTS; SHATARAH BETTS; DONNY BRADY; TERRANCE D. BROOKS; COURTNEY L. BROWN; GILBERT BROWN; TONY BRYANT; KHARY K. CAMPBELL; MARCUS COLEMAN; FREDERICK D. COLEMAN; CASEY CRAMER; KELSEY CRAMER; ANTHONY T.J. CUNNINGHAM, JR.; KEITH L. DAVIS; JOHN ISAAC DAVIS; KEN DILGER; HEIDI DILGER; MICHAEL DOWNS; VERNON EDWARDS; DEMETRIC EVANS; AUNGEL L. EVANS; DOUGLAS E. EVANS; THOMAS G. EVERETT; ERIC E. EVERETT; CHRISTOPHER FLOYD; ANTHONY FOGLE; RANDY RULLER; JOE GARTEN; LAPREEA GARY; CHARLES L. GESSNER; TIM GOAD; STEVE GRANT; ORANTES L. GRANT; DAMACIO GREEN; NICK GREISEN; CAROLINE GREISEN; LARRY GRIFFIN; TAMMY GRIFFIN; ANTHONY G. GRIGGS; MONTY GROW; JESSICA GROW; RONALD HALLSTROM; BOBBY J. HAMILTON; LAWRENCE HART; KEITH C. HEINRICH; KEVIN HENRY; MAURICE HICKS; REESE HICKS; RONALD HUMPHREY; RALPH PETE HUNTER; JAMES J.J. JOHNSON; Case 2:12-cv-01037-AB Document 2 Filed 04/24/12 Page 2 of 150 GARRICK D. JONES; CHRISTOPHER JONES; CARLOS JONES; CHARLES JORDAN; SHERI JORDAN; OMARI JORDAN; ROBERT BRADLEY KASSELL; CARL KIDD; TIFFANY MCFADDEN KIDD; ERIC KING; ALEX LEWIS; CHRISTINA LEWIS; EUGENE LOCKHART JR.; SHARON LOCKHART; ANTHONY MCCOY; MARCUS A. MCFADDEN; CURTIS MCGEE; CHELSEY MCGEE; WILLIAM MIDDLEBROOKS; NATHAN MILLER; ANTHONY MILLER; MARVIN MINNIS; KYLE MOORE; JANICE MOORE; ANTHONY W. PARRISH; PERRY PHENIX; WILLIAM POOLE; RYAN PRINCE; ISAIA REESE; RENITA REESE; GERALD ROBINSON; LAUVALE SAPE; SAM SHADE; JAQUETTA SHADE; RASHAAN A. SHEHEE; KELLY SIMS; JOEL SMEENGE; JERALD SOWELL; SCOTT STARKS; TERESA STARKS; NICK STEITZ; VINNY SUTHERLAND; JOHN THIERY; ROBERT L. THOMAS; RATCLIFF THOMAS; DERRIUS D. THOMPSON; DARRELL THOMPSON; STEPHANIE THOMPSON; TYSON THOMPSON; BENNIE THOMPSON; BYRON KEITH TRAYLOR; KRISTA TRAYLOR; TORRIN L. TUCKER; KURT F. VOLLERS; HEATHER VOLLERS; JACK WALKER; AARON WALLACE; JOHN WELBOURN; MIKE WHITTINGTON; PAM WHITTINGTON; ROY L. WILLIAMS; WALLY WILLIAMS; KELVIN HARRIS; TODD COLLINS; JAMES STEWART; LAWRENCE JONES; COREY SAWYER; EARL LITTLE; MIKE ARTHUR; MARCEL SHIPP; JESSE CHATMAN; ROBERT BANKS; ADEWALE OGUNLEYE; CHARLES FRYE; DERRICK ODEN; DELBERT COWSETTE; and JAMES LYNCH, Plaintiffs, vs. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, Defendant. __________________________________________/ Case 2:12-cv-01037-AB Document 2 Filed 04/24/12 Page 3 of 150 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................1 JURISDICTION AND VENUE ......................................................................................................3 THE PARTIES.................................................................................................................................3 MASS ACTION AND JOINDER ALLEGATIONS ....................................................................15 GENERAL ALLEGATIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL COUNTS ...............................................15 The NFL .............................................................................................................................15 Head Injuries, Concussions, and CTE Generally ...............................................................17 The NFL’s Knowledge of the Dangers and Risks Associated with Concussions .......................................................................................................................19 The NFL Voluntarily Undertakes the Responsibility of Studying Concussions Yet Fraudulently Conceals the Long-Term Effects of Concussions ...................................................................................................................26 The Congressional Inquiry and The NFL’s Belated Acknowledgement of the Concussion Crisis ....................................................................................................38 MEDICAL MONITORING ALLEGATIONS ..............................................................................44 PLAINTIFF-SPECIFIC ALLEGATIONS ....................................................................................45 Rahim Abdullah .................................................................................................................45 Deon Anderson ..................................................................................................................45 Tim Anderson ....................................................................................................................46 Thomas Backes ..................................................................................................................46 Carlton Bailey ....................................................................................................................47 Tommy Barnhartdt .............................................................................................................47 Jason Bell ...........................................................................................................................48 Kevin Bentley ....................................................................................................................48 Ladell Betts ........................................................................................................................49 i Case 2:12-cv-01037-AB Document 2 Filed 04/24/12 Page 4 of 150 Donny Brady ......................................................................................................................49 Terrance D. Brooks ............................................................................................................50 Courtney L. Brown ............................................................................................................51 Gilbert Brown ....................................................................................................................51 Tony Bryant .......................................................................................................................52 Khary K. Campbell ............................................................................................................52 Marcus Coleman ................................................................................................................53 Frederick D. Coleman ........................................................................................................53 Tim Couch .........................................................................................................................54 Casey Cramer .....................................................................................................................54 Anthony T.J. Cunningham, Jr. ...........................................................................................55 Keith L. Davis ....................................................................................................................55 John Isaac Davis ................................................................................................................56 Ken Dilger ..........................................................................................................................56 Michael Downs ..................................................................................................................57 Vernon Edwards .................................................................................................................57 Demetric Evans ..................................................................................................................58 Douglas E. Evans ...............................................................................................................58 Thomas G. Everett .............................................................................................................59 Eric E. Everett ....................................................................................................................60 Christopher Floyd ..............................................................................................................60 Anthony Fogle ...................................................................................................................61 Randy Fuller.......................................................................................................................61 Joe Garten ..........................................................................................................................62 ii Case 2:12-cv-01037-AB Document 2 Filed 04/24/12 Page 5 of 150 Olandis Gary ......................................................................................................................62 Charles L. Gessner .............................................................................................................63 Tim Goad ...........................................................................................................................63 Steve Grant.........................................................................................................................64