NFL Player's Knee Injury during Team Tryout Wasn't Compensable

A professional football player who injured his knee while attending an off-season minicamp to try out for the Seattle Seahawks as a free agent was not entitled to workers' compensation benefits under the Industrial Insurance Act because he did not have an employment relationship with the team at the time of his injury, the Washington Court of Appeals ruled. Case: Robinson v. Department of Labor & Industries, No. 69739-1-1, 05/27/2014, published. Facts: The Seattle Seahawks invited Courtney Robinson and 15 other free agents to attend a three-day minicamp tryout in April 2010.&...