NFL Players Challenging Arbitrator and WCAB Decisions

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefFormer professional football players have filed a third federal complaint seeking to overturn an arbitrator’s ruling requiring them to stop pursuing California workers’ compensation claims, while another player is challenging the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board decision not to exercise jurisdiction over his claim.A complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco challenges the decision of arbitrator Michael H. Beck, who on Dec. 12, 2012, ordered players to “cease and desist” from pursuing workers’ compensati...