NFL, Players Reach Settlement on Comp Claims

The National Football League and former players who filed three lawsuits in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco over an arbitrator’s order that they abandon their workers’ compensation claims in California have reached a confidential agreement to settle the case, according to court records.U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu on Monday signed an order saying that attorneys for the players and the NFL held a telephonic settlement conference, after which “a confidential agreement was placed on the record.” Ryu’s order says any transcript from the settlement confe...