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Sheilla Dingus
@SheillaDingus
President/Editor for nonprofit https://t.co/fUDIgpBUVl News/Advocacy/Resource for active and retired athletes #sportslaw #advocacy #civilrights
Feb 11, 2022 • 26 tweets • 9 min read
🧵Thread🧵
Classic tactics...deflect and change the question... Fair enough on the first part...however...
Jul 27, 2021 • 16 tweets • 6 min read
I believe @Advocate_Habiba was right. Courts are working as designed, dismissing issues that apparently seem trivial to the panel, preserving the status quo and letting the vulnerable down once again.😡 Patrick is right also. As @TheNeuroTimes said a couple of weeks ago, they'd probably rather be on a spacecraft to Mars than address the systemic problems in the concussion settlement.

Mar 4, 2020 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
In addition to the "correction" for "double-dipping" which will deduct whatever Social Security award players might receive from their NFL disability checks, there are other provisions equally if not more concerning. First, to clarify, while some disabled players receive as much as $11,500 per month in disability pay and likely receive about $2,000 from Social Security Disability, this is very much on the high end. Others are only getting around $3,000 per month and about $1,200 in SSD.
Feb 21, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
🚨URGENT THREAD:🚨
The CBA "Fact Sheet" provided by #NFLPA is a joke. It's also the repeat of a common tactic that has led many people to make poor decisions because important details of the actual contract are conveniently omitted. This was a similar notice or "fact sheet" that went to retired NFL players leading them to believe they'd qualify for concussion settlement benefits that were later denied them. All because it omitted a few vitally important details.
Jan 25, 2020 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
Two #NFL examples come to mind:
First, in Charles Dimry's disability case, Judge Donato found an abuse of discretion and remanded the case back to the Plan with instructions to correct. Dimry is back in court because the Plan failed to follow those instructions, stating that it "disagreed" with Judge Donato.
His case is now before a magistrate judge that absurdly seems oblivious since magistrates serve at the pleasure of district court judges.
Sep 20, 2019 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
"This year alone has seen a 55% increase in reports of sex abuse and other misconduct than last year. That amounts to an average of 239 reports a month... Analysts predict that the number of reports could cap off at 667 per month or 8,000 per year." We're all familiar with the decades-long abuse of young gymnasts.
bbc.com/news/world-us-…
Jun 3, 2019 • 42 tweets • 13 min read
#NFL Concussion Settlement Special Masters have issued a report this morning which appears to be the first of three. The Claims Admin report has also dropped by the BAP Admin report hasn't as of yet.
SM Report PDF: drive.google.com/file/d/1vv6P9c… I didn't see anything particularly earth-shattering in the Special Masters' report but there were a few items of interest.
May 16, 2019 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
#BREAKING
Judge Brody just denied the @LocksLawFirm / Class Counsel Motion for Reconsideration of MAF rules in the #NFL Concussion Settlement. This is a devastating blow to retired NFL players. Herein lies a problem, when MDL judges are given absolute authority. While the "administrative" rules absolutely alter the settlement and place the checks and balances in favor of the NFL, she finds it within her authority to do so.
Apr 27, 2019 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
"In so far as the agreements allowed the companies to collect funds from class members only after they’d received funds from the claims administrator, the panel reversed Judge Brody’s order in one appeal involving RD Legal Funding." Curious statement from Seeger, in that he seems pleased that funders cannot seek to collect from the NFL, while they can seek to collect from class members after awards are paid. It does appear, however, that he plans to continue to drain the common benefit despite the 3CA ruling
Apr 26, 2019 • 24 tweets • 9 min read
#BREAKING
Third Circuit vacates majority of Judge Brody's ruling prohibiting claim assignments from 3rd party lenders for #NFL Concussion Settlement class members
drive.google.com/file/d/1LAlvUa… "the District Court went too far in voiding the cash advance
agreements in their entirety and voiding contractual provisions
that went only to a lender’s right to receive funds after the
player acquired them."
Mar 31, 2019 • 24 tweets • 11 min read
After a period of slow docket activity, it appears that the #NFL fight with their insurers in NY Supreme Court is becoming rather fiery. While most documents are under seal, here are a few interesting excerpts of those that aren't.
Letter from Insurers to the Judge: While the above represents the typical MO of the #NFL I found this snip rather interesting. No choice but to retain @PaulWeissLLP ???