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The mother of former Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the team Tuesday after exhuming his body so that his brain could be examined for evidence of a degenerative condition linked to repeated concussions. The lawsuit, filed by Cheryl Shepherd in Jackson County (Mo.) circuit court, alleges Belcher was subjected to ''repetitive head trauma,'' and that the Chiefs failed to provide adequate medical care before Belcher killed his girlfriend and then committed suicide last December. CTE has been linked to multiple concussions and includes symptoms such as memory problems, behavioral changes and eventually dementia. Shepherd's lawsuit claims the Chiefs failed to warn her son of the short-term and long-term risks of concussions;
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