Football Teams' Arbitration Arguments Arrive at the WCAB

Get CEs for reading this article, click here!By John P. Kamin, Legal EditorThe question of whether former football players' workers' compensation claims can be compelled into arbitration has been the subject of much litigation during the past year, as teams attempt to avoid the gridiron of California's workers' compensation system.In 2009, California saw the arrival of two workers' compensation cases featuring the hotly-contested issue of whether players' claims can be compelled into arbitration under collective bargaining agreements. The cases pit former Arena Football League (AFL) and Nation...