Golden State, Golden Payouts

By Jeffrey Birren   There’s Gold in Them Courts!   For decades, California has been the workers’ compensation forum of choice for retired professional athletes. It was overwhelmingly attractive to these applicants and their counsel for a variety of reasons. Naturally, California’s laws have been significantly more generous to retired athletes compared to other jurisdictions. In additional, there was virtually no statute of limitations for “cumulative trauma” (CT) claims. Rega