Court rules Steelers must pay Okobi workers comp

[stillers4me]

The Pittsburgh Steelers must pay former center Chukky Okobi $779 a week in workers compensation, plus more than $22,000 in other fees, for injuries that prevent him from playing pro football, a Pennsylvania court panel ruled Wednesday. (http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/03/steelers_must_pay_workers_comp.html#incart_river)

The Commonwealth Court decision upholds earlier rulings by a workers compensation judge and the state Workers Compensation Appeals Board that granted Okobi total disability benefits. The judges rejected the Steelers' claim that the team wasn't allowed to fully state its case against awarding Okobi compensation.

In ruling in Okobi's favor, the state judges cited football-related back, neck and arm injuries the Pittsburgh-area man claims short-circuited his pro career............


Read more: http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/7900135-74/okobi-court-steelers#ixzz3TSY6bwfK

[Dwinsgames]

that will be appealed , he has to be able to prove those injuries where when he was in Black N gold , he passed physical to play elsewhere when he was let go by steelers