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CHUY v. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

Civ. A. No. 71-1802.

407 F.Supp. 717 (1976)

Donald CHUY v. The PHILADELPHIA EAGLES and the National Football League.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

January 14, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Schaeffer, Pechner, Sacks, Dorfman, Rosen & Richardson, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Lindley M. Cowperthwait, Jr., Wisler, Pearlstine, Talone, Craig & Garrity, Norristown, Pa., for Philadelphia Eagles.

Morris L. Weisberg, Blank, Rome, Klaus & Comisky, Philadelphia, Pa., Paul J. Tagliabue, Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., for National Football League.

OPINION AND ORDER

EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.

I. Preliminary Statement

We begin with a Philadelphia Eagles-New York Giants football game on Sunday, November 2, 1969, in which the plaintiff, then an Eagles lineman, seriously injured his left shoulder while executing a downfield block. This injury led rapidly to the end of his professional athletic career. At the time of the injury plaintiff was receiving an annual salary of $30,000...

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