NFL Drops Appeal in Concussion Settlement Case

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In what amounts to an about-face, the NFL has dropped its plans to appeal certain dementia diagnoses that were part of a landmark concussion case.

ESPN reports that the league on Wednesday abandoned plans to challenge some diagnoses by settlement-approved doctors. An appeal hearing scheduled for Thursday in federal court was canceled. The NFL had been planning to challenge the diagnoses on the grounds that the standards for diagnosing dementia had not been consistently applied.

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