Editing Mike Webster (section)

=== Lawsuit ===
Webster's estate brought a lawsuit in Maryland's [[United States District Court]] against the [[National Football League]]. The estate contended that Webster was disabled at the time of his retirement, and was owed $1.142 million in disability payments under the NFL's retirement plan. On April 26, 2005, a federal judge ruled that the NFL benefits plan owed Webster's estate $1.18 million in benefits.<ref name=lawsuit>{{cite web|title=Webster v. NFL|url=https://www.espn.com/pdf/2012/1116/otl_webstercourt_ruling.pdf|publisher=ESPN|access-date=December 24, 2015|archive-date=December 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207062328/http://espn.go.com/pdf/2012/1116/otl_webstercourt_ruling.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> With the addition of interest and fees, the amount was estimated to be over $1.60 million. The NFL appealed the ruling. On December 13, 2006, the [[U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit]] in [[Richmond, Virginia]] upheld the Baltimore federal judge's 2005 ruling that the league's retirement plan must pay benefits reserved for players whose disabilities began while they were playing football.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hack |first=Damon |date=December 14, 2006 |title=Former Steeler's Family Wins Disability Ruling |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/sports/football/14webster.html |access-date=December 11, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>