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WWE has successfully moved to have the lawsuit brought against them by former WWE star "Big" Vito LoGrasso and developmental talent Evan Singleton moved out of Pennsylvania and into the United States District Court of Connecticut based on the fact that all parties agreed when they signed their WWE deals that any legal issues would be played out in the State of CT, where WWE is headquartered. That decision was rendered on 3/23. WWE has also filed for and received a motion extending their time to respond to the lawsuit, allowing them until 5/7 to file their response.

The lawsuit alleges that WWE ignored concussions suffered by talents that worked for the company. The suit alleges Singleton is now disabled due to brain trauma and Lograsso (who still wrestles and I believe has wrestled since filing this suit) suffers from migraines, memory loss, depression and deafness after "nearly a decade" with the WWE. While Lograsso worked for WWE as an enhancement talent in the early 1990s, he was only a contracted talent with the company from July 2005 through June 2007. The lawsuit seeks unspecified economic damages and medical monitoring.

On 3/27, WWE also filed a motion to move the lawsuit brought against them by Cassadra Frazier, the widow of Nelson Frazier Jr. (Big Daddy V, Mabel, Viscera) from the Western District of Tennessee in Memphis to United States District Court of Connecticut. WWE also filed for an extension in time to respond to the wrongful death suit, which alleges that Frazier's death from a heart attack (and medical ailments prior to his passing) in 201 was due to the trauma he endured while working as a professional wrestler for WWE. The judge approved that motion, informing WWE that if the move to CT is not approved, they will have until 30 days past his ruling to file their response. If it is, they will take the case to CT.

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