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This case concerns whether the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) has jurisdiction over an injury sustained by Jessie Kenlaw, a coach, while employed by the Houston Comets. The defendant argued that California jurisdiction was improper as the applicant was not a resident, the contract was outside California, and the injury did not occur within the state. The WCAB affirmed the administrative law judge's finding of jurisdiction, determining that the applicant's work activities in California, though temporary, were a contributing cause of her cumulative trauma injury. The Board found sufficient evidence of these California-based activities and their causal link to the injury, rejecting the defendant's argument that de minimis exposure negates jurisdiction.
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This case concerns whether the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) has jurisdiction over an injury sustained by Jessie Kenlaw, a coach, while employed by the Houston Comets. The defendant argued that California jurisdiction was improper as the applicant was not a resident, the contract was outside California, and the injury did not occur within the state. The WCAB affirmed the administrative law judge's finding of jurisdiction, determining that the applicant's work activities in California, though temporary, were a contributing cause of her cumulative trauma injury. The Board found sufficient evidence of these California-based activities and their causal link to the injury, rejecting the defendant's argument that de minimis exposure negates jurisdiction.
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