NFL workers’ compensation News

Philadelphia Eagles Team Loses to Ex-Player in Workers’ Compensation Fight

The National Football League’s Philadelphia Eagles football team has failed to score a victory in a disability case involving former linebacker Emmanuel Acho who suffered thumb injuries in 2015 while with the team. The 2023 Super Bowl team disputed disability …

Ex-Players Drop Case to Force NFL to Pay Workers’ Compensation for Concussions

The federal court case brought by 38 former National Football League players seeking to force the NFL to recognize chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) as a covered disease under workers’ compensation has been withdrawn. Instead of pursuing their joint case, the …

NFL Players with CTE Sue to Force Teams to Pay Workers’ Compensation Benefits

A group of 38 former National Football League players have sued to force the NFL to pay them workers’ compensation benefits for the chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) they say they developed as a result of head injuries they suffered while …