The Philadelphia Eagles must provide injured players with the same documents explaining their workers’ compensation rights that other businesses in the state must give to injured workers, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court said in a decision issued Monday.
The court upheld a Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board decision awarding benefits to Victor Abiamiri, a defensive end for the Eagles who ruptured the Achilles tendon in his right ankle during a practice in August 2011. While rehabbing from the injury, Abiamiri ruptured the Achilles tendon in his left ankle the following year an...
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