What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted; final decision after reconsideration deferred pending further review of merits and record.
Applicant seeks reconsideration of the August 7, 2023 Findings and Order (F&O) regarding personal jurisdiction and contractual choice of law/forum clauses.
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 Board found that the WCJ's credibility findings and contract formation analysis required further review, and that the issues of personal jurisdiction and contractual clauses warranted reconsideration.
From the decision · page 1Applicant seeks reconsideration of the August 7, 2023 Findings and Order (F&O), wherein the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) found that California does not have personal jurisdiction over the Cincinnati Bengals or the Kansas City Chiefs, and that applicant's contracts with both teams contained valid contractual choice of law or choice of forum clauses.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.