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Former WWE wrestlers' lawsuit over brain damage is dismissed

by Associated Press
| September 9, 2020 10:03 AM

A federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday that had been filed by 50 former pro wrestlers, many of them stars in the 1980s and 1990s, who claimed World Wrestling Entertainment failed to protect them from repeated head injuries, including concussions that led to long-term brain damage.

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