No Supreme Court Review for Self-Represented Petitioner

The California Supreme Court will not be reviewing a self-represented worker’s challenge to an administrative determination that she had failed to timely file a petition to reopen her comp claim. Edith Martin had suffered multiple injuries between 1995 and 2011 while working at a Nordstrom department store in Santa Ana. Her self-insured employer accepted her injuries as compensable. Nordstrom paid Martin temporary disability benefits for an agreed-upon period, followed by payment of permanent disability benefits based on a 24% impairment rating. Nordstrom also paid for Martin’s ...