Coquillette, Trace

Trace Coquillette, a professional baseball player employed from June 7, 1993 to October 15, 2005 across multiple teams, was found by the WCJ to have sustained a cumulative industrial injury to multiple body parts resulting in 76% permanent disability after apportionment. Both applicant and defendant Pittsburgh Pirates (insured by Travelers) sought reconsideration of the September 8, 2023 Findings and Award. Applicant disputed the section 5412 date of injury, indemnity rates, accrual of permanent disability, entitlement to a life pension, reservation of jurisdiction over insidious/progressive injury, and whether head injuries were sudden and extraordinary under section 3208.3(d). Defendant challenged applicant credibility, the apportionment analysis, California jurisdiction under section 3600.5(d), the psychiatric injury bar under section 3208.3(d), and the temporary disability finding. The Appeals Board granted both petitions for reconsideration to allow further review of the merits and possible development of the record, deferring a final decision.