Sullivan: September 2016 Case Law Update

The business of insurance In Robles v. The Estate of Vicky Bleazard, dba Bleazard Co., 2016 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 330, the WCAB held that a WCJ erred when it denied an applicant's petition to join deceased employer's estate and the Uninsured Employers Benefits Trust Fund (UEBTF) as parties to the case following the death of an illegally uninsured employer.  Injury In Azoulay v. City of Orange, 2016 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 338, the WCAB held that applicant's diverticulitis was compensable because it fell within the blood-borne infectious disease presumption of LC...