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Case Name | Doerflinger v. WCAB | |
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Date | 10/25/1994 | |
Note | Payments on a C&R and 'compensation' under the Code; Penalty may be based on failure to pay interest. | |
Citation | 59 CCC 834 | |
WCC Citation | WCC 3921994 CA |
David Doerflinger, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, United Parcel Service et al. , Respondents. The compromise and release further provided: 'Sums to include claims for interest if paid within 20 days of service of order approving. ''In general, the [Board] has broad equitable powers with respect to matters within its jurisdiction [Citation. ]'Given that the Board declined to determine this question, ordinarily we would remand the cause to the Board for further proceedings. Because the facts are undisputed in the interests of judicial economy we shall decide the question as matter of law.
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