Aaron Hernandez's Lawyers Drop CTE Lawsuit vs. NFL, Patriots, Plan to Re-File

A CTE lawsuit filed against the NFL and the New England Patriots by attorneys representing Aaron Hernandez's estate has reportedly been temporarily dropped.According to theBoston Globe's Travis Andersen, lawyers working on behalf of Hernandez's estate filed a brief Friday explaining that they dropped the suit for the time being but plan to pursue it "in another jurisdiction."Citing a copy of the initial lawsuit,USA Today'sA.J. Perezreported in September that Hernandez's attorneys alleged the Patriots and NFL "were fully aware of the damage that could be inflicted from repetitive impact injuries and failed to disclose, treat or protect him from the dangers of such damage."The suit was filed the same day legal representatives for the estate released a statement saying Hernandez had posthumously been diagnosed with "the most severe case [of CTE] they had ever seen in someone of Aarons age," according to theNew York Times'Ken Belson.Hernandez, who was sentenced to life in prison without parole after he was found guilty in the 2013 murder of Odin Lloyd, was found hanged in his prison cell atSouza Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley,Massachusetts, on April 19.
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