California Tossed Out NFL Players Brain Injury Claim: Time To Change The System? ift.tt/19VfBXk While professional teams in California have sheltered themselves from workers compensation claims, the injuries have not gone away. Workers compensation has long been a vehicle to insulate employers and their insurance carriers from the payment of benefits. With the erosion of workers compensation as a functional benefit program, many experts are now calling for its elimination altogether and merely allow the claims to proceed in the civil justice system. Todays post is shared from sportsworldnews . A California workers panel threw out former Dallas Cowboy Tony Dorsetts brain-injury claim just months before he was diagnosed with initial signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday. The diagnosis of Dorsett, the 59-year-old Hall of Fame running back, was made public Wednesday when two UCLA researchers found that Dorsett, Hall of Fame offensive lineman Joe DeLamielleure and former All-Pro defensive lineman Leonard Marshall showed signs of CTE, a degenerative disease that has been linked to head trauma.The condition has led to depression, dementia and suicide in former NFL players.Dorsetts claim was denied in May when a workers compensation judge ruled that Dorsett agreed to an $85,000 settlement for injuries to multiple orthopaedic body parts in 1991, the Times reported. Therefore, the player was not allowed to file any more claims for subsequent injury, according to state records.Dorsett appealed that workers... [Click here to see the rest of this post] Found on Related articles Study: Calif. workers compensation overhaul too new to parse (workers-compensation.blogspot) California limits workers comp sports injury claims (workers-compensation.blogspot) Where is the Deep Water? (workers-compensation.blogspot) What a Government Default Will Do To Workers Compensation (workers-compensation.blogspot) Safety Violations Matter: Wisconsin Court Reaffirms Basis for Employer Safety Penalties (workers-compensation.blogspot) Mets Harvey Is Covered Like Any Other Employee With a Workplace Injury (workers-compensation.blogspot)
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:08:48 +0000
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