Panel Decision Reverses Order Barring Employer from Depo

Get CEs for reading this column, click here!By John P. Kamin, Legal EditorA protective order barring an applicant's manager from attending his deposition would cause the defendant employer to suffer significant prejudice, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board ruled in a split panel decision. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board rescinded a workers' compensation judge's order that limited the types of representatives the employer could send to the meeting, in a June 28 panel decision. The decision rescinded a judge's protective order that stated the Los Angeles Metr...