Sports Litigation Alert Reports on Chicago Bears Case

PRLog (Press Release) - Nov. 18, 2011 - Austin, TX- November 18, 2011- The latest edition of Sports Litigation Alert Reports on a case involving the Chicago Bears.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has upheld the decision of an arbitrator that members of the Chicago Bears could not pursue workers’ compensation claims in California and must do so in Illinois. The Court held that the players were unable to establish any basis for concluding that the negotiated agreements between the parties must conform to California public policy.

In 2009 and 2010, three Chicago Bears football players, Michael Haynes, Joe Odom, and Cameron Worrell, filed claims for workers’ compensation benefits with the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. The Bears filed grievances with the players, arguing that they violated their contracts by pursuing their claims in California rather than Illinois.

Other case summaries include:

   Coach Fails to Establish Retaliation Claim
   Minnesota State Appeals Court Upholds Award to Assistant Coach
   Famous Athletes Lash Out at Those Who Use their Name, Likeness or Other Personal Attributes Without Permission
   Harassment by Athletes Fails to Meet Threshold

Articles Include:

   New Laws Help Student-Athletes Ask the Right Questions During the Recruiting Process
   Officials Share Insights as to Why Emerging Sports Leagues Have Been Successful
   NBA Season at the Crossroads
   Colangelo Begins Work on a New Project -- the Jerry Colangelo School of Sports Business
   When Lightening is Imminent Stadium Evacuation Procedures Take Center Stage
   Pace Joins Arent Fox as Partner in New York Office

Read more in the latest edition of Sports Litigation Alert.

Coming out 24 times a year, the Alert features a searchable archive of more than 1000 case summaries and articles pertinent to the sports law field.

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Hackney Publications (www.hackneypublications.com) delivers valuable and important information about the legal side of the sports industry. Its overriding mission, through its publications, is to maintain a narrow editorial focus on issues that matter to its subscribers. In addition to Sports Litigation Alert, the company publishes Legal Issues in Collegiate Athletics, Legal Issues in High School Athletics, Professional Sports and the Law, Sports Facilities and the Law and the Journal of NCAA Compliance.  Hackney Publications was founded by journalist Holt Hackney, who has spent more than 20 years writing about sports, business and the law.