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11-01-2012, 02:23 PM
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JimStinson
In 1940, the New York Daily News ran an article suggesting that Lou Gehrig's Disease was contagious and speculated that the Yankees' mid-season slide may have been caused by the Yankees having contracted the disease. Appalled at the insensitivity of the article and concerned about the resulting public reaction, Gehrig and the Yankees filed suit against the paper, demanding a retraction. In a two-page document, dated December 19th, 1940, Lou Gehrig agreed to accept $17500 from the Daily News as settlement for any and all harm caused by the article. Although Gehrig managed to endorse the document "Henry Louis Gehrig" (10/10) in black ink, the signature is extremely sloppy and was obviously written with tremendous effort.
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