Richard Dent v. National Football League

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD DENT, J.D. HILL, JAMES

MCMAHON, JEREMY NEWBERRY,

RON PRITCHARD, RON STONE, KEITH No. C 14-02324 WHA

VAN HORNE, AND MARCELLUS

WILEY,

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING CLASS

CERTIFICATION

v.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE, Defendant.

17 INTRODUCTION This case has seen seven years of litigation, three motions to dismiss, two trips to our court of appeals, and now a motion for class certification. Plaintiffs move to certify a nationwide class of former professional football players who played for 32 different teams across 23 different states over a period of 35 years asserting a common law claim of negligent voluntary undertaking for failure to ensure the proper recordkeeping, administration and distribution of pain killers and other prescription drugs used in professional football. For the following reasons, the motion is DENIED. 26 27 STATEMENT Defendant National Football League is an…