Showing posts with label NFL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NFL. Show all posts
Monday, August 18, 2014

State Sen. Leland Yee allegedly solicited bribes for NFL Workers’ Compensation Law

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The NFL controversy involving workers' compensation claims continues to heat up. Today's post by Brett Gowen of the California Bar...
Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Trickle Down Consequences of Professional Athletic Head Injuries

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The new NFL logo went into use at the 2008 draft. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The consequences of denying workers' compensation benef...
Friday, January 31, 2014

Football: The Business of Uncompensated Injuries

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It is hard to image that any other Industry that denies its employees workers’s compensation benefits for known work-connected injuries ...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Concern Raised Over Opt-Out Terms of NFL Concussion Settlement

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Today's post was shared by WSJ Law Blog and comes from blogs.wsj.com When a federal judge refused to sign off on the NFL’s $764 milli...
Friday, January 17, 2014

Judge Refuses to Sign Off on NFL Settlement

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Workers' compensation has been a successful vehicle to shield employers from liability. Perhaps the the NFL should have considered wh...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

NFL concussion payout formula would provide up to $5 million per retired player

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Today's post is shared from nola.com Lawyers representing former NFL players in the proposed $765 million settlement of thousands o...
Friday, November 8, 2013

State panel rejected injury claim by NFL's Dorsett

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Today's post was shared from the latimes.org. A brain-injury claim by former National Football League player Tony Dorsett was th...
Friday, October 18, 2013

NFL Fans Weigh Impact Of Players' Head Injuries

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Ed Zurga/ AP Fans cheer wildly with a Kansas City Chiefs player at an NFL game against the Oakland Raiders . For many fans, the r...
Monday, October 14, 2013

What we know about football and repetitive brain trauma

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Today's post was shared by Mother Jones and comes from www.motherjones.com Brain tissue images, with tau protein in brown. ...
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

California limits workers' comp sports injury claims

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Today's post shared from The LA Times. After more than a year of intense lobbying by professional sports leagues, California has ...
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

When It Comes To Brain Injury, Authors Say NFL Is In A 'League Of Denial'

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Today's post was shared by The Health Care Blog and comes from www.npr.org The casket bearing the body of former Pittsburgh Steeler...
Friday, October 4, 2013

Book: NFL denied concussion link to football

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Today's post was shared by FairWarning and comes from espn.go.com Book: NFL Denied Concussion Link The National Football League...
Friday, September 27, 2013

Some players may be out of NFL deal

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Today's post was shared by CAAA and comes from espn.go.com NFL Concussion Settlement Details New details from the NFL's ...
Sunday, September 8, 2013

California bill limiting workers' comp claims by athletes advances

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Today's post was shared by WCBlog and comes from www.latimes.com An effort by the National Football League and owners of other ...
Friday, September 6, 2013

NFL moving closer to using helmet sensors

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Today's post was shared by WCBlog and comes from profootballtalk.nbcsports.com With the NFL ’s concussion liability regarding...
Friday, May 3, 2013

Workers' Compensation Has Become A Territorial Fight

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As the nation's economy continues to struggle for upward movement, workers' compensation has become a political battlefield. Profess...