New Jersey Devils' Mike Peluso, left, fights with Winnipeg Jets' Tie Domi during the third period of their game in the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, Oct. 12, 1993. (Photo: Kevin Larkin/AP)
The New Jersey Devils have been sued by a former player who accuses the team of covering up a report warning that he was at risk of long-term neurological impairment from the blows to the head he suffered during on-ice brawls.
Michael Peluso, a member of the Devils from 1993-96, was the team's "enforcer," protecting high-scoring teammates by fighting with players from opposing teams. He says in the lawsuit that the Devils went to great lengths to conceal from him a team doctor's 1994 report issued after Peluso was punched in the head and knocked unconscious in a fight with Tony Twist of the Quebec Nordiques.
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Charles Toutant
Charles Toutant is a litigation writer for the New Jersey Law Journal.
