Brown Appoints Marguerite Sweeney to WCAB

By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday appointed applicants' attorney Marguerite Sweeney of Redding as a commissioner on the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.Despite the appointment, the Appeals Board still has two vacancies. Brown did not reappoint commissioner and former chairman Joseph Miller, who was named to the board by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2005, and whose term expired at the end of 2011. Sweeney has spent her 33-year law career representing applicants, but has also helped injured workers with Social Security law and civil empl...