Exclusive Remedy Requires Dismissal of Worker's Claim That WCJ Was Celebrity in Disguise

A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s complaint alleging the judge who denied her workers' compensation claim was a celebrity in disguise, which rendered his decision invalid. Case: McKenzie v. Department of Industrial Relations, No. G061562, 04/25/2023, unpublished. Facts and procedural history: In 2017, Adamina McKenzie filed a post-termination claim for trauma injuries allegedly sustained between November 2014 and November 2015. Her employer at that time was San Joaquin Valley College in Hesperia. The basis of her alleged trauma was the purported ...