09/22/2004
family attorney stated that the time had come for
the NFL and its product manufacturers as well as the Vikings to recognize
and address the serious health threat presented by heat-related illness. As a
result the Stringer family has also brought an action in federal court in
Ohio pursuing relief
Category: News
07/31/2017
A federal judge in California who threw out a lawsuit by ex- NFL players alleging league-wide overuse of painkillers said the players would have had to prove that the league intentionally concealed knowledge of their injuries to escape the workers' compensation law's exclusive remedy provision
Category: News
09/17/2014
law firm in Tampa Florida appeared in the 2013 season of Survivor a CBS competitive reality show. He is a lead plaintiff in the concussion-injury class-action lawsuit against the NFL which the parties agreed to settle for 775 million. However a group of seven players is challenging the proposed
Category: News
12/02/2018
In this episode of Work Comp Matters Steve and the guys talk about Colin Kaepernick’s new campaign with Nike against the NFL and Donald Trump’s supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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Category: Education
12/17/2020
in three pre-season football games. After the third pre-season game plaintiff was released from the Buffalo Bills and did not become a member of that team's 1999 active roster. Plaintiff did not play professional football for any NFL team during the 1999 season. The following spring plaintiff was
Category: Cases
06/01/2014
contribution from Oakland. Applicant was a professional gridiron football player in the National Football League NFL the top flight professional gridiron football league in the United States. During his career in the NFL
applicant played running back. Applicant began his NFL career in 1994. As relevant to
Category: Panel
12/21/2011
- the teams are - seeking redress for what athletes are now claiming to be essentially intentionally inflicted injuries or in the least a negligent ignorance of the safety for athletes.This morning WorkCompCentral News reported a new lawsuit filed by eleven National Football League NFL
Category: Industry Insights
05/12/2014
-Hammond sponsored the bill along with Rep. Cameron Henry R-Metairie.
The Louisiana bill is far less sweeping than measures passed in California and Arizona to limit the ability of NFL players to file claims in those states but shares the same goal of shaving potential costs. If players' wages only at
Category: News
04/07/2010
National Football League NFL players against their former teams and involve the collective bargaining agreements in both leagues.
The AFL case Brache v. Tampa Bay Storm is pending at the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's reconsideration unit.
In that case an AFL arbitrator originally ruled
Category: News
09/01/2014
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WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD STATE OF CALIFORNIA Case No. ADJ7597520 Van Nuys District Office OPINION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION
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Applicant
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NFL EUROPE; TIG SPECIAL TY INSURANCE COMPANY administered by ZENITH INSURANCE
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