What the panel ordered
Petitions for Reconsideration denied.
Petitions for Reconsideration filed by defendants and applicant; WCJ issued Findings and Order on January 2, 2024, after rescinding prior Findings and Order; matter reviewed by WCAB panel decision on March 13, 2024.
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 found and the panel adopted that the applicant entered into oral contracts of hire with the Rams and Seahawks in California, conferring subject matter jurisdiction under Labor Code section 3600.5(a).
From the decision · page 1In addition to the WCJ's well-reasoned Report, we observe the following. Defendant St. Louis Rams contend the court lacks jurisdiction over the defendant pursuant to Labor Code1 section 3600.5(c) because applicant had less than 20 percent of his duty days with the Rams. (Rams' Petition, dated January 19, 2023, at p. 6:11.) However, the WCJ found subject matter jurisdiction over the claimed injury pursuant to section 3600.5(a) when the Rams entered an oral contract with applicant in California. (Finding of Fact No. 4.) The WCJ's Report observes: