A scan last year revealed the 61-year-old – who played 248 games between 1982 and 1996 – had brain damage, which his lawyer alleges was the result of physical trauma caused by concussion.
AFL legend Gary Ablett senior has launched legal proceedings in the Supreme Court, claiming a breach of duty and negligence against the AFL, as well as the Geelong and Hawthorn football clubs.
“He really struggles on a daily basis, and it is very typical symptomatology you see from players, or athletes, who suffer these concussion-related injuries around the world.Advertisement, Ablett’s legal team stated he suffered concussions throughout his VFL/AFL career and that it was “reasonably foreseeable” for the AFL, Hawthorn and Geelong that he was “vulnerable to the injury of concussion caused by head strikes while playing AFL football”.
“One of the steps is mediation, and we hope that a sensible position is taken by the defendants without need to cause further trauma through a litigious trial,” she said.
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