WCAB Allowed 6 Claims by Athletes while Lawmakers Debated Ban

By Sherri Okamoto, legal reporterWhile the California state Legislature was debating legislation to limit the ability of out-of-state professional athletes to pursue cumulative trauma claims in California, the state's Workers' Compensation Appeals Board issued six decisions that allowed five former professional basketball players, and one coach, to pursue their claims in the Golden State.Between April and September of this year, WCAB panels ushered Jessie Kenlaw, Anthony Mason, Gregory Foster, Reginald Slater, Adrienne Johnson and Jerome Williams into the California comp system. Accord...