Cirillo, Jeffrey

Jeffrey Cirillo, a professional baseball player, claimed a cumulative trauma injury spanning his career (June 5, 1991 to October 1, 2007) with multiple out-of-state MLB teams. The WCJ found California subject matter jurisdiction, injury AOE/COE, that the claim was not barred by the statute of limitations, and that applicant complied with medical-legal procedures, while deferring permanent disability. Defendant (Ace/CHUBB, administered by Sedgwick) sought reconsideration challenging jurisdiction under section 3600.5(b), the section 5412 date of injury, the substantiality of treating physician reporting, and the development of the record. The Board granted reconsideration solely to amend the section 5412 date of injury to a single date (May 16, 2016, the date of Dr. Fonseca's initial report) rather than a range, but otherwise affirmed the F&O, holding that a California contract of hire confers WCAB jurisdiction and obviates the section 3600.5(c) and (d) exemption analyses.