ALBERTA RUCKER, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Respondents. By notice dated August 22, 1996, trial was scheduled for December 20, 1996, before Workers' Compensation Judge (WCJ) Marilyn Ward. On November 21, 1996, petitioner's attorney, Edward Singer, wrote to the court, requesting that two new issues be addressed at trial. 4 A 'cc' notation at the bottom of the letter indicates that a copy was sent to respondent's attorney, Richard Brennan. PDA was once again brought up in a settlement conference held on May 25, 1999, before WCJ Ward.

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