Los Angeles (AFP) – The family of former San Diego Chargers great Junior Seau have settled their lawsuit against the NFL over the Hall of Famer’s 2012 suicide.
The wrongful death lawsuit against the league alleged that the popular Hall of Famer took his own life at the age of 43 because of brain injuries received during his NFL playing days.
A post-mortem study of Seau’s brain concluded he had suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a condition caused by repetitive brain trauma.
Attorney Steve Strauss of the Cooley law firm confirmed the Seau family had reached a confidential settlement to the case.
The Seau family had opted out of class-action litigation between the NFL and some 5000 former players over brain injuries to pursue their individual case.
“Throughout this process, they have demonstrated the same spirit and commitment that their father Junior modeled during his incredible life and NFL career,” Strauss said of Seau’s four children, the youngest of whom is 18. “We know he would have been proud of them.”
Seau played 20 years in the NFL, including 13 with the Chargers, and retired in 2009. In May of 2012 he shot himself at his home in Oceanside north of San Diego.
In 2015, he was posthumously inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a first-ballot selection.
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