Proposed Order Would Allow Players to Pursue Claims

A federal judge in San Francisco will hold a hearing next month to consider a proposed order that would vacate the December ruling of a National Football League arbitrator directing former players to abandon their workers’ compensation claims in California.Arbitrator Michael H. Beck on Dec. 12 issued a decision saying players signed contracts agreeing to file work comp claims in the state where the team was located. He said there is a distinction between a claim for a specific injury and a cumulative trauma claim. A player can't contract away his right to file a claim in California f...