Workers Compensation Benefits for Ex-NFL Player Reversed

A Texas appellate court has overturned workers compensation benefits awarded to a former professional football player, the decision coming after the court earlier ruled on a venue dispute issue in the case.

The Court of Appeals of Texas, Fifth District in Dallas on Tuesday determined that a trial court was wrong to award Alcus Reshod Fortenberry temporary income benefits under the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act and that a prior determination by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation’s appeals panel correctly found benefits were inappropriate.

Mr. Fortenberry entered into a contract with the National Football League in 2015 to play with the Dallas Cowboys. He was injured while practicing at the team’s Oxnard, California, training camp that August.