Christopher Bodishbaugh — ADJ13364587

Christopher Bodishbaugh, a professional baseball player, claimed cumulative injury during employment by multiple teams from June 5, 2008 to August 1, 2015. Applicant entered into a Compromise and Release with only the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs and its carrier Chesapeake Employers Insurance Company for $35,000, which the WCJ approved on October 16, 2020 with limiting language confining the settlement to the body parts and dates of injury in Paragraph 1 as explained in Paragraph 9. SCIF (San Rafael Pacifics) and Travelers (Gary Southshore Railcats) sought reconsideration, arguing the parties intended the C&R to settle the entire claim against all defendants. Applying contract law principles, the WCAB held that because these carriers were neither parties to the C&R nor provided any consideration, the C&R settled only the claim against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs/Chesapeake. The Board affirmed the WCJ's F&O.