Seau family 減少（する）s wrongful death 控訴 vs. NFL
The family of former NFL linebacker and Hall of Famer Junior Seau has come to a confidential 解決／入植地 in the family's wrongful death 訴訟 against the NFL over the former Chargers legend's 自殺 in 2012.
Seau's family とじ込み／提出するd notice in 連邦の 法廷，裁判所 Friday at U.S. 地区 法廷，裁判所 in the Eastern 地区 of Pennsylvania to 解任する its 事例／患者 against the league. The 初めの 控訴 （刑事）被告 the NFL of 与える／捧げるing to Seau's death by 事実上の／代理 with 怠慢，過失 in overlooking Seau's symptoms of brain 傷害s and concussions for years.
Seau took his own life at age 43 in 2012 when he 発射 himself at his Oceanside, Calif., 住居. He was posthumously 設立する to have chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) -- a degenerative brain 病気 proven to be linked to repeated 長，率いる 外傷／ショック and concussions.
The Seau family's 弁護士／代理人／検事, Steve Strauss of Cooley LLP, とじ込み／提出するd an 公式の／役人 notice of 解雇／（訴訟の）却下 for the 事例／患者 in 連邦の 法廷，裁判所 on the family's に代わって.
"Throughout this 過程, they have 論証するd the same spirit and かかわり合い that their father Junior modeled during his incredible life and NFL career," Strauss said in a 声明. "We know he would have been proud of them."
The family's 訴訟 was first とじ込み／提出するd in 2013 and the Seaus later joined a 連邦の class 活動／戦闘 brought by だいたい 5,000 former NFL players over the league's 申し立てられた／疑わしい 欠如（する） of 適する 治療 for 長，率いる and brain 傷害s.
Upon the class-活動／戦闘 解決／入植地 and upheld 控訴，上告, the Seau family decided to 選ぶ out in 2014 and 追求する their 事例／患者 分かれて. That class-活動／戦闘 解決／入植地 became active in 2017.
Junior Seau played 20 years in the NFL, 13 with the then-San Diego Chargers, three with the Miami イルカs and four with the New England 愛国者s.
The 12-time プロの／賛成の Bowl 選択 was inducted into the プロの／賛成の Football Hall of Fame in 2015.
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