ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - The legal team for the NFL and Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke seem to be pulling out every trick in their playbook. They orchestrated a key member of the St. Louis legal being kicked off the case.
It's seen as a rare, but small victory for the league in the possible $1 billion lawsuit filed by the St. Louis region over the relocation of the Rams in 2015.
St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Christopher McGraugh granted the disqualification of attorney Bob Blitz from representing the plaintiffs, which was filed by the defendants last month, according to the St. Louis Business Journal. McGraugh wrote in his decision that the defendants "have shown that Mr. Blitz is likely a necessary witness at trial."
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The league's legal team says they may call Blitz to the stand during the trial that's scheduled for Jan. 10. They'd call on him because he was one of the two people who were on a task force that worked towards having a new NFL stadium built in attempts to keep the Rams in St. Louis. The efforts, in part by Blitz, cost the city $18 million and were abandoned after the Rams moved to LA.
However, it wasn't all good for the league. As they also wanted to have all discovery that involved Blitz be disqualified as well. That would include depositions taken by Blitz from league Commissioner Roger Goodell, Kroenke, Rams COO Kevin Demoff, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, former league executive Eric Grubman and others.
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