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Ex-Wrestlers, Including Snuka, Sue WWE Over Head Injuries

The plaintiffs say they suffered concussions and other head trauma that resulted in long-term brain damage

More than 50 ex-wrestlers say in a Connecticut lawsuit that World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. is responsible for their long-term neurological damage and failed to care for their injuries. 

Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, Joseph "Road Warrior Animal" Laurinaitis and Paul "Mr. Wonderful" Orndorff are among the plaintiffs who filed suit Monday in federal court in Connecticut against Stamford-based WWE. 

WWE denies the allegations. 

It says an attorney for the ex-wrestlers previously has made false claims against the company and filed lawsuits that ended up being dismissed. 

"This is another ridiculous attempt by the same attorney who has previously filed class action lawsuits against WWE, both of which have been dismissed. A federal judge has already found that this lawyer made patently false allegations about WWE, and this is more of the same. We’re confident this lawsuit will suffer the same fate as his prior attempts and be dismissed," WWE said in a statement.

The plaintiffs say they suffered concussions and other head trauma that resulted in long-term brain damage. 

Snuka is charged in the 1983 death of his girlfriend near Allentown, Pennsylvania. He has been ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial, and his defense partly blames head trauma suffered in the ring. 

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