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Case Name | People v. Amin | |
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Date | 10/30/2000 | |
Note | WCAB has no exclusive jurisdiction over restitution in fraud cases; civ. ct. jurisdiction may override (spec. in Insur. Code). | |
Citation | 85 Cal.App.4th 58 | |
WCC Citation | WCC 4012000 CA |
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BELQUIS AMIN, Defendant and Appellant. [85 Cal. App. 4th 60] OPINION JONES, P. J. - The trial court ordered appellant, Belquis Amin, to pay restitution to an insurance carrier which she had defrauded. He said that '[v]arious aspects of the history and record review suggest that deliberate symptom exaggeration is a factor here . At present, I cannot identify sufficient psychiatric factors preventing Ms. Amin from returning to work. '[¶] Because of malingering demonstrated by Ms. Amin, her subjective report of symptoms is not an accurate representation of her subjective disability .
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