Florida Moves to Close Loophole in Worker’s Compensation Law Impacting Professional Athletes

By Darren Heitner, Esq.   In early June 2011, an insurance company filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment in the U.S. District Court in Denver, Colorado, naming nine retired Denver Broncos players along with the organization as defendants. Each of the nine retired players had made claims against the Denver Broncos for workers’ compensation benefits in excess of $100,000. Those claims were brought in the State of California, as a result of injuries that the retired players’ alleged