Louisiana Court Denies NFL Player’s Offseason Workers’ Compensation Claim

By Steven Stamps   The Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit has reversed an award of workers’ compensation benefits to an injured NFL player. The court ruled that the player, Jamaal Branch was clearly not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits since the benefits would have been more compensation than Branch would have received without an injury.   Branch, a member of the New Orleans Saints, fractured his right fibula on December 23, 2007 in the second to last game of th