Legal Opinion
RD Legal Fin., LLC v. White (In Re Nat'l Football League Players' Concussion Injury Litig. RD Legal Funding, LLC)
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 26, 2019No. 18-1040; 18-1482; 18-1639; 18-2184; 18-2582; 18-3005PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Chief Judge.
*100 This consolidated appeal involves issues tangential to the expansive National Football League (NFL) concussion injury litigation. Following approval of the settlement agreement in that class action in 2015, various class members entered into cash advance arrangements with third party litigation funders. Under the agreements relevant to the cases on appeal, class members purported to assign their rights to a portion of their settlement proceeds in exchange for receipt of immediate cash.
In December 2017, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Judge Anita Brody, who had presided…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Clinton v. GoldsmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
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