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The family of the late Joe Kinnear and four former Premier League players are among a number of claimants taking legal action against football's governing body over brain injuries sustained during his career.
The plaintiffs, former players and their families, wish that the defendants, IFAB, the Football Association, the English Football League and the Welsh Football Association, should take reasonable steps to protect players from repetitive concussion and permanent concussion injury. Alleges that there was negligence. Subconcussive blow.
The group nevertheless said that, as set out in the “Details of Claim” of the High Court case seen by the BBC, the FA had “taken steps to reduce the risk to players to the lowest reasonable level”. “I did not take the class,” he claims.
The plaintiffs are said to have suffered “permanent long-term neurological damage” due to the negligence of football authorities.
In a statement to the BBC at the time, the FA said: “We cannot comment on ongoing legal proceedings,” but added: “We will continue to play a leading role in reviewing and improving the safety of the game.” Ta.
More than 8,000 pages of medical records and petitions were submitted by the plaintiffs before Wednesday's case management hearing.
Richard Boardman, a lawyer representing 35 former footballers in the case, said: “Today's hearing marks the latest milestone in our campaign for justice for those who have not been protected by football's governing body from brain injury. It becomes a stone.”
“The scale of the problem is underscored by the fact that the original 17 soccer claimants alone submitted more than 8,000 pages of medical records and legal documents.”
The players and their families launched a legal claim in a letter two years ago.
This includes the family of 1966 World Cup winner Nobby Stiles, who died in 2020 after suffering from prostate cancer and advanced dementia.
His brain was diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). This is a type of degenerative disease dementia that is thought to be caused by repeated blows.
In 2022, former rugby league and rugby union players took similar action.
A 2019 study showed that former soccer players are 3.5 times more likely to die from dementia than the general population.
