NFL retirees who say the league’s disability plan is a sham can proceed to trial [Video]

FILE – Cleveland Browns running back Willis McGahee is helped from the field after getting injured in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots on Dec. 8, 2013, in Foxborough, Mass. Ten retired NFL players, including McGahee, accused the league of lies, bad faith and flagrant violations of federal law in denying disability benefits in a potential class action lawsuit filed Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in Baltimore. A federal judge in Maryland on Thursday, March 21, 2024, refused to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses the NFL of flagrantly violating the league’s disability plan by denying valid claims. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)