What the panel ordered
The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board affirmed the WCJ's finding that the applicant's claim is barred pursuant to Labor Code section 3600.5(d)(1)(B).
Petition for reconsideration of the Findings and Order dated August 10, 2018, granted to further study factual and legal issues; decision after reconsideration issued affirming the WCJ's finding that applicant's claim is barred under Labor Code section 3600.5(d)(1)(B).
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
The WCJ and WCAB found that applicant's claim is barred because he worked more than seven seasons for out-of-state teams, thus meeting the exemption criteria under section 3600.5(d)(1)(B).
From the decision · page 1Applicant seeks reconsideration of the Findings and Order dated August 10, 2018, wherein the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) found that applicant's claim was exempt from the California workers' compensation system pursuant to Labor Code section 3600.5, subdivision (d)(1)(B).2 Applicant contends the WCJ erred in determining that he had spent at least seven seasons playing for teams based outside California.