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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board reversed a prior award, finding California lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the applicant's cumulative trauma claim. The Board determined that the applicant, a professional hockey player, had insufficient connection to California, playing only 25-42 games out of over 848 total games. This minimal contact, insufficient for a legitimate and substantial interest, meant requiring the defendant to litigate in California would violate due process, as established in Federal Insurance Co. v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (Johnson). Therefore, the applicant was awarded nothing.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board reversed a prior award, finding California lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the applicant's cumulative trauma claim. The Board determined that the applicant, a professional hockey player, had insufficient connection to California, playing only 25-42 games out of over 848 total games. This minimal contact, insufficient for a legitimate and substantial interest, meant requiring the defendant to litigate in California would violate due process, as established in Federal Insurance Co. v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (Johnson). Therefore, the applicant was awarded nothing.
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