NFL is trying to move the Phillip Adams wrongful death lawsuit to Federal Court
NFL is being sued by the Family of NFL player Phillip Adams who killed himself and 5 others, and now the league is trying hard to move the wrongful death lawsuit to a Federal Court.
According to court documents obtained, the NFL filed to move the wrongful death lawsuit to federal court.
Investigators say Adams shot and killed Dr. Robert Lesslie, his wife and their two grandchildren, and two HVAC repairment, James Lewis and Robert Shook. It happened at Lesslie’s Rock Hill home in 2021.
After the shooting, it was determined through an autopsy that Adams suffered from a disease caused by frequent concussions seen in many football players called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
A team of Boston University researchers found that Adams had stage 2 CTE and said he had severe damage.
“Adams had an extraordinary amount of CTE pathology in the frontal lobe, the area of the brain behind the forehead. Frontal lobe damage is associated with violent, impulsive, or explosive behavior, a ‘short fuse,’ and lack of self-control,” said Ann McKee, director of Boston University’s CTE Center.
Adams had stage 2 CTE, with stage 4 being the most severe, according to McKee. The family has sued SC State, and now are targeting the NFL.
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