IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT SANDRA JILL LaPLANTE, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and WAL-MART STORES, INC. , Respondents. Parker, Kern, Nard & Wenzel, David H. Parker, for Respondent, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. -ooOoo- Vartabedian, Acting P. J. , Dawson, J. , and Kane, J. Sandra Jill LaPlante petitions for a writ of review from a decision of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB). LaPlante contends the WCAB erred in concluding Wilkinson v. Workers' Comp. Agreeing with the WCAB and First Appellate District's reasoning in Benson v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Bd. Unlike WCAB three-member panel decisions, en banc decisions carry the weight of "legal precedent under the principle of stare decisis" on all WCJs and WCAB panels.

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