WWE Outside Counsel Jerry McDevitt Comments On Latest Concussion Lawsuit

TMZ followed up on the latest lawsuit filed against WWE by speaking to the company's long-time outside counsel, Jerry mcDevitt of Pittsburgh law firm K&L Gates. As noted earlier, Matt "Luther Reigns" Wiese, Ryan "Keiji" Sakoda, and "Big" Russ McCullough filed a new class action "concussion lawsuit" against the company today. While the bulk of the complaint is identical to other lawsuits spearheaded by Konstantine Kyros, a lawyer based out of Hingham, Massachusetts, the new suit was an unrelated case filed by Michael A. McShane and Jonas P. Mann of Audet & Partners in San Francisco.

McDevitt told TMZ that WWE is "being targeted by attorneys who tell them there's hundreds of thousands of dollars they can make by joining a class action suit like this," adding that ""We know these claims are fraudulent, and will fight them." As for the specifics of the claim, he notes that "It's sensational, but if you really look at...what was done specifically to them? There are almost no details as to what they actually suffered as a result of working with WWE." He also told TMZ that no wrestlers contacted WWE about having neurological issues before filing lawsuits.

While McDevitt is correct that the complaints so far generally have one or two more specific allegations per plaintiff, that's not out of the ordinary when a lawsuit is initially filed.