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The Seventh Circuit ruled in favor of the National Hockey League in a wrongful death case brought by the parents of former hockey enforcer Derek Boogaard, who died of an opioid overdose, finding they forfeited their case by not responding to the league’s argument that they failed to state a claim under Minnesota or Illinois law.

CHICAGO – The Seventh Circuit ruled in favor of the National Hockey League in a wrongful death case brought by the parents of former hockey enforcer Derek Boogaard, who died of an opioid overdose, finding they forfeited their case by not responding to the league’s argument that they failed to state a claim under Minnesota or Illinois law.

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