Court: MLB Team Could Have Anticipated Claims Arising in Maine

The Supreme Court of Maine has affirmed the ruling of a hearing officer with the Maine Workers' Compensation Board, who had held that the board had jurisdiction over the Houston Astros for purposes of a player’s workers’ compensation benefits and the payment of his medical and related services.   Eric D. Cavers was a baseball player and a resident of Maine who had signed a minor league baseball contract with the Houston Astros baseball organization. While playing a game in Tennessee in