Exclusive: The AFL is facing a second class action over concussion, with Darren Jarman, Shaun Smith and the wife of late Richmond player Shane Tuck the lead plaintiffs in a case to be lodged this week.
The AFL is facing a second class action over concussion, with former Adelaide premiership star Darren Jarman, Melbourne high-flyer Shaun Smith and the wife of late Richmond player Shane Tuck the lead plaintiffs in a case to be lodged this week.having worked closely on the case with veteran player agent Peter Jess
Former Adelaide and Port Adelaide player David Brown is also a lead plaintiff, while four-time Hawthorn premiership star John Platten, former Essendon and Geelong ruckman John Barnes, former Adelaide, West Coast and Collingwood player Chad Rintoul and former Brisbane and Collingwood defender Jack Frost – the latter with 14 concussions in six years – are among the “group members” Griffin says could ultimately number more than 200.
“It’s not something you are going to know until you are gone, but if you look at what has happened to me clinically over my career, it is certain I have it,” Smith said on Wednesday.Advertisement
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