Junior Seau's Children Settle With NFL Over 2012 Suicide

The confidential settlement comes after the family opted out of the NFL concussion settlement covering more than 20,000 retired players

The family of the late NFL star Junior Seau has settled its wrongful death lawsuit against the NFL over the popular San Diego linebacker's 2012 suicide.

The confidential settlement comes after the family opted out of the NFL concussion settlement covering more than 20,000 retired players. That plan pays up to $4 million to families of men like Seau, who were found after their deaths to have the brain deterioration chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known as CTE.

The youngest of Seau's four children recently turned 18, family lawyer Steven Strauss said. Seau's older children include a daughter who works at ESPN and a son who plays lacrosse at Duke University, Strauss said. Seau was 43 when he died six years ago.

"I'm glad that it's resolved for them now so they can move on with their lives," Strauss said Friday when notice of the settlement was filed in federal court in Philadelphia, where the NFL concussion cases are being handled.

"It took a long time. That was frustrating, but it was successfully settled, and that's good," Strauss said.

The broader settlement, which covers more than 20,000 retired players, provides up to $4 million for a death involving CTE. Payments have been awarded in 66 of the 86 CTE claims filed as of Oct. 1, according to the latest report. Lawyers for the players expect payouts to top $1.4 billion over 65 years for the six qualifying conditions, which also include Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and dementia. The claims panel has approved more than $500 million in awards and paid out about $330 million to date, the report shows. Lawyers have complained that the process is moving slowly, especially for the dementia cases.

The players' lawsuits accused the NFL of concealing known concussion risks.

The first tentative agreement in the case was reached in 2013. A small number of plaintiffs, including the Seaus, opted out to pursue individual lawsuits. Lawyers for the Seau children — Tyler, Sydney, Jake and Hunter — objected because the settlement does not pay wrongful death claims to survivors for their own pain and loss.

Seau, a 10-time All-Pro and 12-time Pro Bowl selection, was posthumously elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2015.

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Public Defender Pleads Guilty to Giving Firearm to Felon

The public defender's lawyer could not say whether his client would lose her job, or her license to practice law

Andrea Bayer, 37, pleaded guilty to the charge and a second felony charge of aiding and abetting a felon to possess a firearm was dismissed.

Because it was a plea deal, there was no need to argue bail or the facts of the case in open court. As a result, the public does not know who the felon is, what kind of gun was involved, or even if the gun was used to commit a crime.

Bayer faces four years in prison, but the Deputy District Attorney said that under the plea deal the judge can consider probation. During sentencing, the public could find out more about what happened in Bayer’s case, according to the DA.

Bayer is out on her own recognizance. Her lawyer said he could not talk about whether she will lose her license to practice law or her job as an alternate public defender for the county.

Bayer’s sentencing is scheduled for some time after April 5.

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Public-Defender-Pleads-Guilty-to-Giving-Firearm-to-Felon-497352881.html

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>>3474461

I'm dead

PHILLIPSBURG, N.J. - A man found dead in a Phillipsburg, New Jersey parking lot Saturday morning allegedly died from a self-inflicted explosion.

Warren County Prosecutor Richard Burke said an explosive device appeared to be the cause of the man's death.

It happened in a parking lot outside the Young Men's Italian Association at 320 Mercer Street, Phillipsburg.

Burke said there does not appear to be any other injuries or property damage.

He said the state police bomb squad is investigating the incident.

http://www.wfmz.com/news/authorities-say-they-believe-man-committed-suicide-by-bomb-in-new-jersey/806741073

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Authorities closed off the 300 block of Mercer Street in Phillipsburg after a body was found Saturday morning in the parking lot of a social club.

The body was that of a Pennsylvania man who appears to have committed suicide, Warren County Prosecutor Richard Burke said. He identified the victim as 62-year-old George Taylor, of Stroudsburg.

A neighbor, who refused to provide his name, told lehighvalleylive.com he had seen the body lying in the parking lot of the Young Men's Italian Association Inc. club, 320 Mercer St., with a severe head wound.

Investigators set up nearly three dozen evidence markers in the area of the parking lot where the body was found lying on the ground outside a pickup truck. Police tape blocked access to the club, though residents across the street were allowed to remain in their homes and come and go freely.

http://www.wfmz.com/news/authorities-say-they-believe-man-committed-suicide-by-bomb-in-new-jersey/806741073

Kenya Suicide 17th Floor

A manager at PwC’s office in the Westlands neighborhood in Nairobi, Kenya, died on Friday morning of an apparent suicide, after he fell from the 17th floor of PwC Tower and landed on the balcony of the second floor of the building.

The employee was identified as Stephen Mumbo, according to Peter Ngahu, PwC country and regional senior partner, Eastern Africa.

Stephen Mumbo

Mumbo was pronounced dead on arrival at Aga Khan Hospital, according to the Daily Nation.

While local authorities are treating his death as a suicide, they are not ruling out the possibility of foul play.

https://twitter.com/RobertAlai/status/1050743020067463170

https://goingconcern.com/pwc-manager-in-kenya-dies-of-apparent-suicide-at-work/

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>>3475001

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