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View all search resultsPutting it briefly: Boogaard family sues NHL for son's death
COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS: The New York Times is reporting that former Canadian player Derek Boogaard's family has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the National Hockey League
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C
OOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS: The New York Times is reporting that former Canadian player Derek Boogaard's family has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the National Hockey League.
In the lawsuit, the family says the NHL is responsible for the brain damage that Boogaard sustained during six seasons as an enforcer in the league, and for his addiction to prescription painkillers.
Boogaard was found dead of an accidental overdose of pain medication and alcohol on May 13, 2011. He was 28. He was posthumously diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain ailment that is caused by repeated blows to the head.
The Times reports the suit was filed late on Friday by the Chicago law firm of Corboy & Demetrio, in the Circuit Court of Cook County.
