A federal judge in Atlanta has thwarted the efforts of nine former Atlanta Falcons players to litigate in California, rather than in Georgia, their workers’ compensation claims arising from old football injuries.
In refusing to allow the former players to seek compensation under California law, U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash of the Northern District of Georgia affirmed a New York binding arbitration ruling for the Falcons and the National Football League that the former players had to seek compensation in their old team’s home state.
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