California Workers’ Compensation Laws Present Unique Challenges for Pro Sports Teams

By Irwin A. Kishner, Esq.   As they relate to injured former professional athletes, workers’ compensation laws in California differ greatly from those in most other states. Athletes who played at least one professional game in that state -- even on a visiting team and regardless of when, whether they were injured while on California soil or turf, or where they lived at the time or live now -- can benefit from that state’s extremely employee-friendly workers’ compensation landscape and