Daughter Kelli Sloan, representing the estate, was part of a class action lawsuit against WWE in which it was claimed the promotion did not protect its employees from head trauma, with the litigation being a byproduct of the 2007 Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide. After his death, attorney Konstantine Kyros claimed that Fujiwara had been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy. In September 2018, US District Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant dismissed the lawsuit.