Several former pro wrestlers who have claimed in lawsuits that World Wrestling Entertainment failed to protect them from repeated head injuries are taking their case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
A lawyer for the former wrestlers, most of them stars in the 1980s and 1990s, filed a request late Wednesday asking the Supreme Court to hear appeals of lower court rulings that dismissed the lawsuits. Lower courts said the suits were frivolous or filed after the statute of limitations expired.
Among the plaintiffs were Jimmy “Superfly" Snuka, Joseph “Road Warrior Animal" Laurinaitis, Paul “Mr. Wonderful" Orndorff, Chris “King Kong Bundy" Pallies and Harry Masayoshi Fujiwara, known as Mr. Fuji.
The wrestlers said they suffered repeated head injuries, including concussions that led to long-term brain damage, and accused the WWE of knowing of the risks of head injuries but not warning its wrestlers.