Knicks Challenge Player's Ability to Bring Cumulative Trauma Claim

By Sherri Okamoto, Legal ReporterThe New York Knicks are appealing a ruling by the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board to assert jurisdiction over a cumulative trauma claim by a former player who played two dozen games in the state during his nine-year career, a decision that applicants' attorneys say stands in contrast to other recent board actions.The Knicks on Monday filed a request for writ review with the 4th District Court of Appeal, Division 3, seeking to overturn a panel decision allowing power forward Jerome Williams to adjudicate his claim in California. Although W...