WCAB to Judge in NHL Player Case: You Can't Impose Gag Order

A California workers' compensation judge erred when she fined a hockey player's attorney $1,500 for allowing his client to speak to the media about his case, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board decided last week. The WCAB overruled Workers' Compensation Judge Alicia Hawthorne's decision to levy sanctions against Stephen Berger in May.  Berger is one of the attorneys representing Mike Peluso, a former National Hockey League enforcer whose workers' compensation claim for complications from head trauma is pending in the California system.  Peluso was i...