Hockey Player, Injured in Fight, Is Entitled to Worker’s Comp

A Virginia appeals court has affirmed the ruling of the state’s Workers' Compensation Commission, concluding that a hockey player, who was injured in a fight, was entitled to an award. In siding with the player, the court found that fighting is part of the game and that the player “had no duty to market his residual capacity” during the period in which he was trying to rehab his injured shoulder.   Ty A. Jones, the claimant, was a hockey player for the Norfolk Admirals on March 29, 20