What the panel ordered
March 14, 2024 Findings of Fact affirmed
Petition for Reconsideration granted to study legal and factual issues; transcript obtained; decision after reconsideration issued affirming WCJ Findings of Fact
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold May 31, 2024, December 30, 2022.
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
The WCJ found applicant credible that he accepted the Green Bay Packers' offer while physically in California, conferring California jurisdiction under Labor Code sections 3600.5(a) and 5305.
From the decision · page 4On March 14, 2024, the WCJ issued her Findings of Fact, determining in relevant part that applicant and the Green Bay Packers formed a contract of hire within California's territorial jurisdiction, thus conferring California subject matter jurisdiction over the claim pursuant to sections 3600.5 and 5305. (Findings of Fact No. 2.) The WCJ's Opinion on Decision observed that applicant had testified credibly at trial to that he was physically present in California when he