IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION FOUR SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY and OCTAGON RISK SERVICES, Petitioners, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and LESLEY HUNTON, Respondents. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Respondent Lesley Hunton began working as a police dispatcher for Sonoma State University in 1986. Hunton filed a workers' compensation claim in 2000 alleging an injury to her psyche arising out of and in the course of her employment with petitioner Sonoma State. The AME also stated that Hunton would have likely suffered the psychological disability even if she had never worked for Sonoma State. C. Interpretation of "[P]sychiatric [I]njury" as Used in Section 3208. 3 Petitioners Sonoma State and Octagon Risk Services (collectively Sonoma State) argue that Hunton did not meet the predominant causation threshold for compensation eligibility because work-related events had caused only 35 percent of Hunton's overall psychiatric disability.

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