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This case involved a professional hockey player's workers' compensation claim for injuries sustained across multiple teams from 1965-1979. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the Toronto Maple Leafs' petition for reconsideration. The Board affirmed the finding that the Colorado Rockies, and their insurer Pinnacol Assurance, were exempt from California workers' compensation laws under Labor Code section 3600.5(b) due to reciprocal exemptions with Colorado law at the time of employment. Consequently, Toronto was held liable as the next employer over which California had jurisdiction.
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This case involved a professional hockey player's workers' compensation claim for injuries sustained across multiple teams from 1965-1979. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board denied the Toronto Maple Leafs' petition for reconsideration. The Board affirmed the finding that the Colorado Rockies, and their insurer Pinnacol Assurance, were exempt from California workers' compensation laws under Labor Code section 3600.5(b) due to reciprocal exemptions with Colorado law at the time of employment. Consequently, Toronto was held liable as the next employer over which California had jurisdiction.
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