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Counsel Concerns: Plaintiffs' Counsel Faces Sanctions In Litigation that Alleged Wrestler Head Damage
More than 50 wrestlers sued Connecticut-based World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), claiming it knew — but never disclosed — the risk associated with the sport. But it was Massachusetts plaintiff counsel Konstantine Kyros and his firm who judges singled out for plagiarism, false claims and other misbehavior in the case.
Now Kyros could get slammed with a $500,000 tab for the WWE's legal fees, according to opposing counsel from K&L Gates in Pittsburgh. "This is a six-year ordeal that was plagued by misconduct of the plaintiff lawyer," said WWE lead counsel Jerry McDevitt of K&L Gates. "There was years of uncommon behavior seldom seen in courts. I'm glad it's over."
Federal Magistrate Judge Robert Richardson will determine the amount of the sanction. U.S. District Judge Vanessa Bryant of the District of Connecticut sanctioned Kyros three times over the course of the litigation. McCullough v. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., 3:15-CV-1074.
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