New York Giants, The PMA Insurance Group, Administered by Gallagher Bassett; Chicago Bears, Risk Enterprise Management for TIG Maurice Douglass WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAMAURICE DOUGLASS, Applicant,vs.NEW YORK GIANTS, THE PMA INSURANCE GROUP, Administered byGALLAGHER BASSETT; CHICAGO BEARS, RISK ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT for TIG, Defendants.Case No. ADJ1915420 (ANA 0407333)OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION Defendant, New York Giants, by and through its insurer, The PMA Insurance Group, seeks reconsideration of the Findings and Award, issued March 8, 2010, in which a workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) found applicant, Maurice Douglass, while employed as a professional football player, sustained an industrial cumulative trauma injury over the period ending August 24, 1997, to his head, neck, back, bilateral shoulders, elbows, wrists, hands, hips, knees, ankles, feet, teeth, jaw and gastro-intestinal problems, but not to his eyes, ears nose or throat. The WCJ found that as a result of his injury, applicant was temporarily disabled from August 25, 1997 to November 25, 1997, and sustained 81% permanent disability, after apportionment, based upon application of the 1997 permanent disability rating schedule. Defendant contends first that the WCJ erred in finding applicant sustained a cumulative trauma injury where the evidence shows applicant sustained multiple specific injuries resulting in medical treatment and time off work during his career playing for the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants. Second, defendant contends the reports of applicant’s physicians are not substantial evidence because they failed to properly address the issue of apportionment. Third, defendant , asserts that the WCJ erred in rating applicant’s permanent disability using the 1997 permanent disability rating schedule (PDRS), arguing that none of the exceptions in Labor Code section 4660(d) are present. Fourt
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