1991 Settlement Releases Cowboys, Broncos from Dorsett WC Claim

The state Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied NFL Hall of Famer Tony Dorsett's brain injury claim in August, just months before Wednesday's revelations that he has been diagnosed with initial signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday that Dorsett, 59, filed a workers' compensation claim on May 17. The state's Division of Workers' Compensation denied his claim because Dorsett had agreed to an $85,000 settlement for injuries to "multiple orthopaedic body parts" in 1991 and could not file another claim for any subsequent injur...