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Case Name: | D'Angona v. County of LA | 07/10/1980 | |
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Summary: | LINDA D'ANGONA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant and Respondent (Opinion by Mosk, J. , with Bird, C. J. , Tobriner, Clark, Richardson and Newman, JJ. , concurring. Thereafter, plaintiff filed the present action against Los Angeles County, seeking damages for the aggravation of her disease. After an award of benefits was made in her favor for disability arising from these injuries, she filed the present action in the superior court for damages against the county, fn. However, she served the complaint only upon the county, which is the sole respondent on this appeal. The county in its answer admitted it is engaged in operating the Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center. | ||
Note: | Hospital treating injured employee is not an employer; dual capacity exception to exclusive remedy applies. | ||
Citation: | 27 Cal.3d 661, 45 CCC 722 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 24191980 CA | ||
Case Name: | Dalen v. WCAB | 06/27/1972 | |
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Summary: | STEPHEN JOE DALEN, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, ALLSTATE EXCAVATORS AND DEMOLITION et al. , Respondents (Opinion by Sims, J. , with Molinari, P. J. , and Elkington, J. , concurring. )He testified as to the duties generally of Group 1 occupations as follows: 'Laborer -- heavy -- unskilled in any particular. . . . ' In an opinion attached to his findings and award, the referee stated, 'Applicant's testimony supports the finding of occupation. Permanent disability indemnity is awarded in accordance with the recommended permanent disability rating filed and served herein. 'In a report dated January 2, 1969, Dr. Hurley observed, 'At the present time, I feel that it would be well to have Mr. Dalen register in a school for rehabilitation. | ||
Note: | 4651.2 applies only to rehab programs initiated by employer or ins. carrier | ||
Citation: | 26 Cal.App.3d 497, 37 CCC 393 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 24821972 CA | ||
Case Name: | Daniel Ordorica v. WCAB | 03/14/2001 | |
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Summary: | DANIEL ORDORICA, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and LANCE CAMPERS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, Respondents. OPINION ORTEGA, J. - During the initial 30-day period of medical control by the employer following an industrial injury, Daniel Ordorica refused care by the employer's doctor and instead began treatment with a physician he chose. Ordorica further contends the relief afforded by the WCAB is not provided by statute. The same day Lance Campers referred Ordorica to Daniel Mongiano, M. D. , who diagnosed a wound to the forehead which required sutures. However, Dr. Ha'Eri concluded the compression fracture was not work-related because Ordorica had instead hyperextended his spine in the industrial injury. | ||
Note: | Obligation to accept employer treatment w/in 30 days of injury. | ||
Citation: | 87 CA 4th 1037, 66 CCC 333 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 28112001 CA | ||
Case Name: | Daniel v. Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co. | 03/28/2011 | |
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Summary: | MICHELE DANIEL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. TESORO REFINING AND MARKETING COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent. NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS BOREN, P. J. Michele Daniel (Employee) appeals from the summary judgment entered following the grant of a motion for summary judgment or summary adjudication by Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company (Employer). Thus, I would affirm the trial court's order awarding summary judgment to defendant and respondent Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company (Tesoro). On or about March 27, 2009, Tesoro filed a motion for summary judgment or, in the alternative, summary adjudication of issues. She claims that she was qualified for numerous other positions at Tesoro, but Tesoro refused to even allow her to interview for them. | ||
Note: | A worker's Fair Employment and Housing Act suit should go to trial because triable issues of fact existed about whether the employer ever actually sought to accommodate the plaintiff's work-related disability. | ||
Citation: | B218935 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 37382011 CA | ||
Case Name: | David Lopez v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (Yellow Roadway) | 11/20/2008 | |
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Summary: | Lopez v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, No. F056266 (Cal. App. Dist. 5 11/20/2008) IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT No. F056266 November 20, 2008 DAVID LOPEZ, PETITIONER, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, YELLOW ROADWAY CORPORATION ET AL. , RESPONDENTS. ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS; petition for writ of review from a decision of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board. No appearance by Respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board. This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8. 1115. OPINION THE COURT*fn1 David Lopez petitions this court for a writ of review from a decision of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB). BACKGROUND Lopez worked as a truck driver for Yellow Roadway between May 1989 and August 2004, during which time he filed three different workers' compensation claims. | ||
Note: | A truck driver who filed three workers' compensation claims alleging specific and cumulative injuries to various body parts failed to disprove a workers' compensation judge's decision that he had hurt himself not at work, but after a night of beer drinking. | ||
Citation: | F056266 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 34632008 CA | ||
Case Name: | David Maxwell v. Home Depot USA | 12/22/2010 | |
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Summary: | David Maxwell (Maxwell) tested positive for methamphetamine and was terminated from his job at Home Depot USA, Inc. (Home Depot). In 2000, Home Depot hired Maxwell to work with the night crew in its store in Monrovia. Home Depot terminated Maxwell because of his physical disability and his requests for medical leave and accommodation. Regardless, Home Depot argued that Maxwell could not prevail because he could not prove that Lipich unlawfully harassed him. Maxwell alleged that Home Depot and Lipich "engaged in outrageous conduct and an abuse of authority by subjecting [Maxwell] to illegal discrimination, harassment and retaliation. " | ||
Note: | Home Depot defeated a former employee's suit alleging disability discrimination and other causes of action by showing that it terminated him for violating its longstanding drug policy, according to a decision from the 2nd District Court of Appeal. | ||
Citation: | B222844 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 36952010 CA | ||
Case Name: | Davis v. Board of Chiropractic Examiners | 04/12/2010 | |
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Summary: | IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Sacramento) PAUL JEFFREY DAVIS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS, Defendant and Respondent. Ct. No. 07CS00697) The Board of Chiropractic Examiners (Board) spent over $72,000 in its disciplinary proceedings against Dr. Paul Davis, a 20-year veteran chiropractor in both neurology and orthopedics, for his treatment and billing of a single patient who suffered two industrial accidents at two places of employment with different insurers. Dr. Davis and his wife both testified that he had very little to do with the billing practices in his chiropractic offices. Unlike Dr. Davis and his expert, Michael Martello, D. C. , Dr. Stahl is not a chiropractic orthopedist or a qualified medical examiner (QME). Dr. Martello testified the Board had not codified any standard of care for the treatment of chiropractic patients in California. | ||
Note: | Board Regulation section 318 is not a safe harbor provision exonerating plaintiff for his negligent acts, and the prohibition for 'excessive treatment' is not unconstitutionally vague. | ||
Citation: | C059588 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 36142010 CA | ||
Case Name: | Davis v. Fireman's Fund Insur. Co. | 10/15/1970 | |
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Summary: | COUNSEL: For applicant - James H. Davis, in propria persona. Defendant insurance carrier contends that the permanent disability rating is based upon an arbitrary, artificial rule rather than upon the evidence. In the absence of this established procedure, he probably would have rated the disability in this case as 1 per cent flat. 'A rating specialist 'must consider no more and no less than the information provided to him by the fact finder. 'AWARD SUPPLEMENTAL AWARD IS MADE in favor of James H. Davis against Fireman's Fund Insurance Company of: (a) All repair and replacement of heel lifts reasonably required to cure or relieve from the effects of the injury herein. | ||
Note: | Award of 1% permanent partial disability was not 'nominal' per Sec. 5802. | ||
Citation: | 35 CCC 465 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 26351970 CA | ||
Case Name: | Davis v. First Health Group Corp. | 11/25/2009 | |
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Summary: | H032183 (Monterey County Super. Ct. No. M84885) Defendant First Health Group Corporation is a preferred provider organization (PPO) and provides health benefits services to employers throughout the country. Davis brought suit against First Health nearly six months later, claiming, among other things, that First Health was required to give him a fair hearing and fair procedure before it delisted him. In the application, Davis sought a TRO "restraining [First Health] from failing to allow [Davis] to continue as a preferred provider on its Provider Group Network unless and until such time as it has conducted a fair hearing or other fair adjudicatory proceeding . Adamson also stated that First Health had received Davis's summaries "and various QME providers' reports," which had been reviewed by an unnamed Medical Director of First Health, who recommended delisting Davis. According to supplemental materials supplied by Davis in support of his application,*fn3 First Health is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coventry Health Care. | ||
Note: | [Unpublished] The court did not abuse its discretion by denying a requested mandatory preliminary injunction because this did not represent an extreme case in which claimant's right to the relief was clearly established. | ||
Citation: | H032183 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 35822009 CA | ||
Case Name: | Davis v. WCAB (City of Modesto) | 03/10/2017 | |
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Summary: | This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8. 1115(a).  IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT .        THEODORE DAVIS, Petitioner, .        v. .        WORKERSâ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and CITY OF MODESTO, Respondents. .        F074957 .        (WCAB Nos. ADJ9468922 & ADJ9467074) .        OPINION .        THE COURT* .        * Before Levy, A. P. J. , Franson, J. , and Peña, J. .       Stockwell, Harris, Woolverton & Helphrey, Eric G. Helphrey and Joseph F. Schneider for Respondent City of Modesto. .       -ooOoo- .       Theodore Davis (Davis) petitions for a writ of review from an order of the Workersâ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB). | ||
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Citation: | F074957 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCAB Nos. ADJ9468922 & ADJ9467074 | ||
Case Name: | Davis v. WCAB and Allied Security, et al., and Torres v. WCAB and Williams Tank Lines et al. | 11/30/2006 | |
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Summary: | H029544 (W. C. A. B. No. SJ0236711) MOISES TORRES, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and WILLIAMS TANK LINES et al. , Respondents. Davis had suffered a prior work-related injury for which she received an award for permanent partial disability of 35 percent. The question before us, therefore, is whether these changes demonstrate that the Legislature clearly intended to alter the Fuentes rule. DISPOSITION In case No. H029544 (Davis v. WCAB et al. ), the order of the WCAB denying reconsideration is affirmed. In case No. H029834 (Torres v. WCAB et al. ), the order of the WCAB denying reconsideration is affirmed. | ||
Note: | When an employee's overall permanent disability is subject to apportionment for a preexisting disability the calculation of compensation is to be made by subtracting the preexisting percentage of permanent disability from the overall percentage of permanent disability. | ||
Citation: | 145 Cal. App. 4th 324 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 31972006 CA | ||
Case Name: | Davis vs. Interim Healthcare | 09/15/2000 | |
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Summary: | WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD STATE OF CALIFORNIA MARY DAVIS Applicant, vs. INTERIM HEALTHCARE, ITT SPECIALTY RISK SERVICES, INC. ; WAUSAU INSURANCE COMPANIES, Defendants. Both injuries were sustained while applicant was employed as a nurse by Interim Healthcare, insured by ITT Specialty Risk Services from October 8, 1996 to September 26, 1997, and by Wausau Insurance Company from September , 1997 to October 8, 1997. Dr. Hunt also concluded that applicant was in need of further medical treatment, and that she was a candidate for vocational rehabilitation. There was no indication that Dr. Hunt changed any of the conclusions reached in his March 23, 1999 report. Dr. Wertheimer submitted a final report dated October 8, 1999, after viewing a sub rosa videotape of the applicant. | ||
Note: | 4062.9 presumption may be raised at trial for first time, but not on reconsideration. | ||
Citation: | 65 CCC 1039 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 29042000 CA | ||
Case Name: | De La Cerda v. Intermountain Slurry Seal | 11/14/2011 | |
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Summary: | Plaintiff Juan De La Cerda worked for defendant Intermountain Slurry Seal, Inc. (ISS) as a driver and laborer on a seasonal basis. ISS did not rehire De La Cerda in 2007; it claimed it could no longer accommodate his disability and could not afford to have extra labor present to assist De La Cerda with lifting. Olsen declared that after De La Cerda's accident, De La Cerda performed "light duty" work for ISS. ISS provided an assistant to help De La Cerda with lifting and De La Cerda performed other light work such as posting notifications on homes, driving, and training. The court noted De La Cerda had failed to provide evidence of how ISS could furnish sufficient accommodations such that it would enable De La Cerda to perform his former job. | ||
Note: | An employer won summary judgment against a worker's disability discrimination and failure to accommodate suit because he was unable to show a reasonable accommodation existed. | ||
Citation: | C066086 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 38252011 CA | ||
Case Name: | de la Huerta v. Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. | 10/18/2017 | |
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Summary: | This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8. 1115(a). Â IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION FOUR . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â PAZ DE LA HUERTA, Plaintiff and Appellant, . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â v. . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION et al. , Defendants and Respondents. . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â B271844 . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â (Los Angeles County Super. . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Fox Rothschild, David Aronoff and Rom Bar-Nissim for Defendants and Respondents. . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Actress Paz de la Huerta appeals from the order partially granting an anti-SLAPP motion as to claims based on the use of a voice double. . Â Â Â Â Â Â NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS . Â Â Â Â Â Â EPSTEIN, P. J. | ||
Note: | The 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled that her breach-of-contract action against Lions Gate Entertainment had been properly dismissed as a strategic lawsuit against public participation and because her workers’ compensation remedy was her exclusive recourse for her physical injuries. | ||
Citation: | B271844 | ||
WCC Citation: | Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. SC124294 | ||
Case Name: | De Los Reyes v. Hanley | 05/25/2012 | |
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Summary: | DE LOS REYES v. HANLEY ALEXANDER A. DE LOS REYES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. KEVIN F. HANLEY, Defendant and Respondent. De Los Reyes sued defendant Kevin F. Hanley, M. D. , alleging that defendant filed a false medical report in connection with plaintiff's application for workers' compensation benefits. On appeal, plaintiff has failed to show that he has stated a viable cause of action. The complaint purported to state causes of action against defendant for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty. | ||
Note: | An injured California worker could not assert a civil action against the qualified medical examiner who allegedly prepared a false report in connection with the worker's claim for benefits. | ||
Citation: | C066453 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 38992012 CA | ||
Case Name: | De Santiago v. D and G Plumbing, Inc. | 09/19/2007 | |
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Summary: | Lee, Bazzo, & Nishi, Ted M. Lee and Allison M. Hunt for Defendant and Respondent D and G Plumbing. Facts Plaintiff Joaquin De Santiago suffered a work-related injury when a coemployee, defendant Daniel Flores, discharged a nail gun and struck De Santiago in his left eye. On February 2, 2001, De Santiago filed a personal injury complaint against Flores and his employer, D and G Plumbing (D&G). The register of actions states that on August 8, 2005, the trial court vacated the August 8, 2005, trial date. The trial court replied: "You're not going to see a date until July of next year at the best. " | ||
Note: | Where there is a possibility that the case could have been brought to trial before the expiration of the five-year mark, despite continuances, the continuances themselves do not result in impracticability. The court must look at whether the moving party exercised due diligence in getting its case in front of a judge. | ||
Citation: | 155 Cal. App. 4th 365; 65 Cal. Rptr. 3d 882 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 32562007 CA | ||
Case Name: | DeCelle v. City of Alameda | 11/22/1960 | |
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Summary: | ROBERT E. DeCELLE, Respondent, v. CITY OF ALAMEDA et al. , Appellants. COUNSEL Frank Annibale, City Attorney, and Ralph Reisner, Assistant City Attorney, for Appellants. * Robert E. DeCelle petitioned for alternative and peremptory writs of mandate directing the city of Alameda to pay him a disability pension pursuant to its Ordinance No. 1079 New Series. Judgment was for petitioner, and from that judgment and the peremptory writ of mandamus entered in accordance therewith, the city of Alameda now appeals. The petition further alleges that by reason of said injury petitioner was permanently disabled from performing his duties as a member of said fire department of the city of Alameda. | ||
Note: | Disability in this section is not as to earning power only, but efficiency in ordinary pursuits of life. | ||
Citation: | 186 Cal.App.2d 574, 25 CCC 247 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 25321960 CA | ||
Case Name: | DeCunha v. IAC | 12/14/1964 | |
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Summary: | Josephine DeCunha sustained an industrial injury to her leg in May, 1959. The insurance policy specifically excluded sisters-in-law of the employer from coverage. The carrier voluntarily furnished temporary disability benefits and medical treatment for four years. The issue of coverage was not raised in the answer to the application nor the pretrial conference. You are counseled to consult the full case for an accurate citation. | ||
Note: | Voluntary provision of benefits does not estop carrier from denying coverage on relative exclusion. | ||
Citation: | 29 CCC 272 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 3861964 CA | ||
Case Name: | Dedekian v. Central Unified School Dist. | 10/24/2007 | |
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Summary: | IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT PAULINE DEDEKIAN, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CENTRAL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant and Appellant. -ooOoo- Defendant Central Unified School District (CUSD) appeals from a judgment entered in favor of plaintiff Pauline Dedekian (Dedekian) after a court trial on her claim that CUSD violated the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) (Gov. Code, § 12900 et seq. In March 1999, Dedekian became interim principal of Central High School West (Central West). Dedekian became the permanent principal of Central West for the 1999-2000 school year, and continued in that position for the 2000-2001 school year. Powell told Dedekian that "half of [her] school" had been "coming in droves" to complain about her and she created the low morale at the school. | ||
Note: | [Unpublished] Because the issue of the appellant's obligation to engage in the interactive process is primarily a factual one, the reviewing court is without power to substitute its deductions for those of the trial court. | ||
Citation: | F050381 & F050977 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 32702007 CA | ||
Case Name: | DeFrates v. Clark | 11/08/2011 | |
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Summary: | DeFrates argues that the trial court erred when it found that Clark was not personally liable for DeFrates' on-the-job injuries, because Clark's actions as the hirer of DeFrates's employer, R. G. Clark Construction, Inc. , did not affirmatively contribute to DeFrates's injuries. He contends that Clark is personally responsible for his (DeFrates's) injuries because Clark, in his capacity as the person who hired DeFrates's employer, R. G. Clark Construction, supplied defective safety equipment to the jobsite. In addition, DeFrates describes Clark as not only the owner of the property, but also as the "representative of the employer R. G. Clark Construction. "DeFrates's catalogue of various activities Clark engaged in on the property does not establish that when Clark gave DeFrates safety instructions he did so as an individual, rather than as DeFrates's employer. Thus, even assuming that Clark gave DeFrates safety instructions in his capacity as the hirer of R. G. Clark Construction, Inc. , he was not liable for DeFrates's injuries because there was no affirmative contribution. | ||
Note: | A construction foreman's sole remedy for his roof injury was workers' compensation. | ||
Citation: | A131222 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 38222011 CA | ||
Case Name: | Del Rio vs. Quality Hardware, Republic Indemnity | 04/20/1993 | |
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Summary: | The reasons for the settlement included a dispute over injury AOE/COE and nature and extent of the employee's disability. The Summary of Evidence reflects that the employee, Jose Del Rio, testified that he complained about medical problems related to his employment in 1987 and 1989. On February 5, 1991, Jose Del Rio was examined by Neurologic Orthopedic Associates and a report of that examination was sent to the employee's attorney on February 12, 1991. Lien Claimants' Exhibit III-A is a letter dated February 26, 1991, from Quality Hardware returning the form letter with insurance information. Neither Neurologic Orthopedic Associates nor Bristol Diagnostics timely raised the issue of penalty and interest under Labor Code section 4622. | ||
Note: | Employer not liable for medical-legal costs prior the filing of a claim form or notice or knowledge by the employer of the injury followed by a reasonable time to accept or deny the claim. | ||
Citation: | 58 CCC 147 (En Banc) | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 30601993 CA | ||
Case Name: | Del Taco v. WCAB | 04/20/2000 | |
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Summary: | Facts and Procedural History Jorge Gutierrrez (worker) was employed at a Del Taco restaurant when he injured his lower back. A week later, Del Taco discovered that he was not legally in the United States and that he had provided Del Taco an invalid social security number. The parties stipulate that if worker had produced a valid social security number, Del Taco would have allowed him to continue his work in a modified capacity. Here, Del Taco provided modified work to worker and after he commenced the modified work, Del Taco terminated the employment because it discovered that he was not legally permitted to work in the United States. Nevertheless, the WCAB required Del Taco to provide worker vocational rehabilitation services, apparently in Mexico, because Del Taco was not legally able to provide modified work in the United States. | ||
Note: | Worker gets TD but not voc. rehab. when can't work because he's illegal immigrant. | ||
Citation: | 79 Cal.App.4th 1437, 65 CCC 342 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 24582000 CA | ||
Case Name: | Delgadillo v. Television Center, Inc. | 02/02/2018 | |
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Summary: | This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8. 1115(a). Â IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â LUZ ELENA DELGADILLO et al. , Plaintiffs and Appellants, . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â v. . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â TELEVISION CENTER, INC. , Defendant and Respondent. . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â B270985 . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â (Los Angeles County Super. . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Plaintiffs Luz Elena Delgadillo, Christian Franco, and Valeria Franco (plaintiffs) are the surviving wife and children, respectively, of Salvador Franco (decedent). . Â Â Â Â Â Â NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS . Â Â Â Â Â Â EDMON, P. J. . Â Â Â Â Â Â We concur: . Â Â Â Â Â Â LAVIN, J. | ||
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Citation: | B270985 | ||
WCC Citation: | Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC512758 | ||
Case Name: | Delgadillo v. United States Liability Ins. Co. | 03/29/2017 | |
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Summary: | This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8. 1115(a). Â IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION FOUR . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ELENA DELGADILLO ET AL. , Plaintiffs and Appellants, . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â v. . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â UNITED STATES LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY ET AL. , Defendants and Respondents. . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â A143452 . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â (Alameda County Super. Ct. No. RG13681917) . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Plaintiffs Elena Delgadillo and Jesus Cortes appeal an order of dismissal entered after the trial court sustained the demurrer of defendant United States Liability Insurance Company (USLI) without leave to amend. . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Plaintiffsâ insurance policy (the policy) contained the following exclusions pertinent to this case: âd. . Â Â Â Â Â Â We concur: . Â Â Â Â Â Â _________________________ Reardon, J. , Acting P. J. . Â Â Â Â Â Â _________________________ Streeter, J. Â Lopez was also named as a defendant. | ||
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Citation: | A143452 | ||
WCC Citation: | Alameda County Super. Ct. No. RG13681917 | ||
Case Name: | Delgado v. PJH Brands | 11/08/2011 | |
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Summary: | Brothers Juan and Luis Delgado, and Juan's wife Alma Delgado (collectively plaintiffs) sued PJH Brands (defendant or PJH) for negligence, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and loss of consortium for injuries that Juan and Luis sustained in a gas explosion at work. Quite the opposite: the parties stipulated that PJH was a customer of APP, and it was undisputed that PJH provided bookkeeping services to APP pursuant to contract. Mr. Land reasoned that the decision not to upgrade the tanks must have been made by PJH, because PJH paid APP's bills. APP's shipping and receiving manager, Margarita Siordia, testified that she considered PJH staff to be her "supervisors," because they caused PJH to issue purchase orders for APP to ship products to PJH. Plaintiff Juan Delgado (an employee of APP but not of PJH) testified that PJH employees instructed APP employees how to more efficiently fill PJH's purchase orders. | ||
Note: | Insufficient evidence showed PJH owed plaintiffs a duty of care under any recognized principles of tort law, as alleged or otherwise. | ||
Citation: | B227522 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 38232011 CA | ||
Case Name: | Demetry v. Leeds | 03/29/2013 | |
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Summary: | DEMETRY v. LEEDS TAMMY DEMETRY et al. , Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. REBECCA LEEDS, Defendant and Respondent. Plaintiff Tammy Demetry, a clerk for the County of Orange, was taking a walk during her break when she was struck by a car driven by another County employee, Rebecca Leeds, as Leeds was exiting a driveway. On appeal, Demetry argues that Leeds failed to meet her burden of production in a manner warranting summary judgment. We disagree, finding that Leeds met her burden with relevant, admissible and undisputed evidence, while Demetry offered none on her own behalf. She crossed the driveway apron to the parking garage where Leeds was exiting, and Leeds struck Demetry with her car. | ||
Note: | An Orange County clerical worker's negligence claim against a fellow county employee for striking her with a car was barred by exclusivity as a matter of law. | ||
Citation: | G046951 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 39982013 CA | ||
Case Name: | Demkowski v. Lee | 08/30/1991 | |
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Summary: | LAWRENCE DEMKOWSKI, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SOON KEUN LEE, Defendant and Appellant; CITY OF SAN JOSE, Claimant and Respondent. Statement of the Case Plaintiff Lawrence Demkowski filed an action against defendant Soon Keun Lee for personal injuries he suffered when her car collided with his. Demkowski's employer, the City of San Jose (City), filed a complaint in intervention against Lee to recover the workers' compensation benefits it had paid Demkowski as a result of the accident. After a trial, the jury found in favor of Demkowski and the City, awarding them $40,000 and $19,397. 21, respectively. In short, the instructions did not require the jury to segregate damages, and standing alone, they permit the jury to award Demkowski all of his damages and the City all of the benefits it paid to Demkowski, even though the combination of such awards would constitute a double recovery from Lee. | ||
Note: | Jury verdict on civil subrogation case ambigous so judgment as to damages reversed. | ||
Citation: | 233 Cal.App.3d 1244 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 31511991 CA | ||
Case Name: | Denny's Inc. vs. WCAB (BACHMAN) | 01/17/2003 | |
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Summary: | In November 2001, the WCAB denied Denny's petition for reconsideration and adopted the WCJ's reasoning as its own. DISCUSSION Denny's contends the WCAB erred by dismissing CIGA as a party to the workers' compensation proceedings and requiring Denny's to pay the full amount of Bachman's disability award. The WCAB will hold the multiple employers or insurance carriers in the chain of causation jointly and severally liable for the entire award and allow them to apportion their relative liabilities in separate WCAB {Slip Opn. In summary, the WCAB concluded that Denny's and HIH America were jointly and severally liable for Bachman's disability award. The WCAB therefore properly dismissed CIGA as a party to the workers' compensation proceedings. | ||
Note: | CIGA not liable for portion of CT where employer self-insured for other portion. | ||
Citation: | 104 Cal.App.4th1433 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 29072003 CA | ||
Case Name: | Dept of Rehab vs. WCAB (Lauher) | 06/26/2003 | |
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Summary: | William A. Herreras and Susan Silberman for California Applicants' Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent Ronald Lauher. The WCJ denied a petition for reconsideration, as did the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB or the Board). The WCJ thereafter denied a petition for reconsideration; the WCAB, over one dissent, affirmed. The Court of Appeal disagreed with the WCAB, finding Lauher had not met his burden of presenting a prima facie case of discrimination under section 132a. In this way, society supports the program as a[n] integral element of commerce and industry, rather than through tax-supported plans. " | ||
Note: | No TD for time off for post P&S treatment; not discrimination if require use of sick/vacation time. | ||
Citation: | 30 Cal. 4th 1281 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 29402003 CA | ||
Case Name: | Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation v. WCAB | 09/10/2008 | |
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Summary: | After considering this history, the WCAB here concluded that section 4663(e) was in effect as of the effective date of section 4663. Petitioner, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the Department), contends that the WCAB erred and section 4663(e) applies only prospectively from the date of its enactment. On September 25, 2007, Judge Robinson recommended in writing that the WCAB deny the petition. On October 4, 2007, WCAB Presiding Judge Cuneo issued an order and decision denying reconsideration and incorporating Judge Robinson's report and recommendation. Section 3212. 2, which applies to custodial, supervisory, and security officers and employees of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Department of Youth Authority, and Atascadero State Hospital, covers heart trouble. | ||
Note: | Section 4663(e), when enacted, declared existing law. Section 4663 was not intended to repeal the non-attribution presumptions of sections 3212 through 3213.2 and did not do so by implication. | ||
Citation: | C057410 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 34182008 CA | ||
Case Name: | Dept. of Corrections v. WCAB | 02/01/1979 | |
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Summary: | The California Department of Corrections petitions for review of a decision by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (hereafter WCAB) awarding death benefits to respondent Deanna Antrim. This court must decide whether the WCAB had the authority to award death benefits under Labor Code section 4701 et seq. Further, the WCAB has been granted broad powers in Labor Code section 4704 to reassign or reapportion any death benefit 'in a just and equitable manner. 'A second claim for death benefits was filed with the WCAB by the deceased's minor daughter from a prior marriage, Deanna Antrim. Nevertheless, our inquiry does not end here since the Legislature also expressly granted the WCAB discretion in awarding death benefits. | ||
Note: | PERS benefits provide additional compensation and are construed liberally due to hazards of public employment. | ||
Citation: | 23 Cal.3d 197 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 24661979 CA | ||
Case Name: | Dept. of Corrections v. WCAB | 02/01/1979 | |
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Summary: | The California Department of Corrections petitions for review of a decision by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (hereafter WCAB) awarding death benefits to respondent Deanna Antrim. This court must decide whether the WCAB had the authority to award death benefits under Labor Code section 4701 et seq. Further, the WCAB has been granted broad powers in Labor Code section 4704 to reassign or reapportion any death benefit 'in a just and equitable manner. 'A second claim for death benefits was filed with the WCAB by the deceased's minor daughter from a prior marriage, Deanna Antrim. Nevertheless, our inquiry does not end here since the Legislature also expressly granted the WCAB discretion in awarding death benefits. | ||
Note: | Death benefits may be awarded to dependents otherwise denied if | ||
Citation: | 23 Cal.3d 197, 44 CCC 114 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 3911979 CA | ||
Case Name: | Dept. of Education v. WCAB (Gill) | 03/16/1993 | |
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Summary: | DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DIVISION OF STATE SPECIAL SCHOOLS, CALIFORNIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and THELMA SWAIN GILL, Respondents. 4 work, expert vocational testimony that applicant was not feasible for vocational rehabilitation pursuant to LeBoeuf v. Workers' Comp. On November 5, 1991, the WCJ submitted to the Board his report on petition for reconsideration, recommending that the petition be denied. The Fuentes approach is used where apportionment is justified by the evidence, the Wilkinson one where it is not. Thus, when the WCAB in Harold found that Harold's 1971 injury and 1973 injury became permanent and stationary at the same time the WCAB was still properly exercising its continuing jurisdiction over the 1971 injury. | ||
Note: | Method of converting PD rating to a number of weeks of workers' comp. | ||
Citation: | 14 Cal.App.4th 1348 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 25071993 CA | ||
Case Name: | Dept. of Highway Patrol v. WCAB | 04/18/1995 | |
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Summary: | DEPARTMENT OF THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL, Petitioner, v. WORKERS'COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, SUSAN R. BENSON, as Executor, etc. , et al. , Respondents. He had been employed for 25 years as a traffic officer, from September 1954, until his retirement on September 9, 1979, by defendant Department of the California Highway Patrol, insured by the State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF). Dr. Goldfarb expressed the opinion that Sills's employment with the highway patrol had been very stressful and had aggravated and accelerated Sills's heart conditions. There was slight improvement, and home care was then provided by licensed vocational nurses and by his fianc'e, Kathryn Compton. 2 Proceedings were held at the Board concerning Sills's workers' compensation claim; benefits accrued pursuant to that claim survived his death. | ||
Note: | WCJ erred by using last date of work for dependency status of children rather than date of injury. | ||
Citation: | 33 Cal.App.4th 1828, 60 CCC 308 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 25311995 CA | ||
Case Name: | Dept. of Indus. Rel. v. WCAB (Tessler) | 06/14/1979 | |
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Summary: | DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, JEREMY SHANNON TESSLER et al. , Respondents. Younger and George Deukmejian, Attorneys General, Robert L. Bergman, Assistant Attorney General, and B. Franklin Walker, Deputy Attorney General, for Petitioner. Tessler had resided with decedent for approximately three to four months at the time of his death. * California Administrative Code, title 8, section 10870, relating to the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's procedures, provides: 'Approval of Compromise and Release. The petition of respondent State Compensation Insurance Fund for a hearing by the Supreme Court was denied August 8, 1979. | ||
Note: | Balance of death benefit payable to state cannot be avoided by C&R. | ||
Citation: | 94 Cal.App.3d 721, 44 CCC 591 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 25981979 CA | ||
Case Name: | Derrick v. WCAB | 09/23/1984 | |
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Summary: | DEBORAH FAITH DERRICK, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondents. After initial emergency hospital care, applicant was treated by several physicians, including one who referred her to Theodore Gray, D. C. , in February 1981 for chiropractic treatment. Dr. Jones submitted his first report to the Department in May 1981 and regularly submitted reports thereafter through March 1982. The Department paid Dr. Jones for applicant's treatment for a period in 1981 before terminating payments. The Department withdrew the issue of the lien and self-procured treatment and agreed, before decision, to satisfy the lien of Dr. Jones. | ||
Note: | Change of doctor issue not properly before WCAB because 4603 procedure not followed. | ||
Citation: | 159 Cal.App.3D 451, 49 CCC 621 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 24341984 CA | ||
Case Name: | Diamond International Corp. v. WCAB | 07/30/1984 | |
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Summary: | Diamond International Corporation, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California, Kenton Wills, Respondents. COUNSEL: For respondent employee--Leep, Asbill, & Tescher, by M. K. Tescher, Jr. OPINION BY: Puglia, P. J. OPINION: I Petitioner Diamond International Corporation (Diamond) seeks review of an order of respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (Board) denying reconsideration. The conference was called at the request of Wills' attorney after Diamond filed a 'request for closure. 'At the time of the conference, Andreasen told Skamser that he did not have any information about Wills' employment and seniority status with Diamond. Diamond advances two more arguments which require only brief consideration. D Our attention is directed to certain orders entered in Edith Whitley v. Diamond International, WCAB No. 80 FRE 43947. | ||
Note: | Amendments made to conform pleading to proof allowed at any time if opposing party would not be surprised by evidence. | ||
Citation: | 49 CCC 592 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 27751984 CA | ||
Case Name: | Diaz v. Carcamo | 06/23/2011 | |
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Summary: | DIAZ v. CARCAMO DAWN RENAE DIAZ, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOSE CARCAMO et al. , Defendants and Appellants. But another driver, who was the only nonparty witness to the collision between Carcamo and Tagliaferri, testified that Carcamo had not accelerated. The jury found that defendants Tagliaferri and Carcamo had driven negligently, that defendant Sugar Transport had been negligent in hiring and retaining Carcamo as a driver, and that the retention was a cause of plaintiff's injuries. Accordingly, had the trial court not made the errors noted above, it is reasonably probable that the jury would have reached a result more favorable to both Carcamo and Sugar Transport on the question of whether Carcamo drove negligently. Second, both Carcamo and the only nonparty witness to the accident testified that Tagliaferri pulled into Carcamo's lane without signaling, and that Carcamo never changed speed. | ||
Note: | The Supreme Court of California clarified what type of claims a plaintiff may pursue when that plaintiff has been injured by someone driving a car in the course of employment. | ||
Citation: | S181627 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 37772011 CA | ||
Case Name: | Diaz v. S & R Farm Labor Contractor, Inc. | 05/23/2018 | |
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Summary: | This opinion has not been certified for publication or ordered published for purposes of rule 8. 1115(a). Â COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE STATE OF CALIFORNIA . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â MAURA CABRERA DIAZ et al. , Plaintiffs and Appellants, . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â v. . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â S & R FARM LABOR CONTRACTOR, INC. , Defendant and Respondent. . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â D073115 . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â (Super. . Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Horton, Oberrecht, Kirkpatrick & Martha, Kimberly S. Oberrecht for Defendant and Respondent. BACKGROUND . Â Â Â Â Â Â Decedent worked with multiple farm labor contracting companies, which hire employees to pick fruit in fields. . Â Â Â Â Â Â WE CONCUR: . Â Â Â Â Â Â HALLER, J. | ||
Note: | A California appellate court ruled that an employer that loaned a supervisory employee to another company could not be held vicariously liable for the electrocution of an agricultural worker who was following the supervisor’s instructions to pick fruit from a tree near a live power line. | ||
Citation: | D073115 | ||
WCC Citation: | Super. Ct. No. RIC1209850 | ||
Case Name: | Diaz v. West Coast Laboratories, Inc. | 10/15/2007 | |
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Summary: | IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION SEVEN MARIA DIAZ, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WEST COAST LABORATORIES, INC. , et. Maria Diaz sued West Coast Laboratories ("WCL") and Charles Shad for disability discrimination and wrongful termination. WCL allegedly fired Diaz for improperly weighing capsules and misrepresenting her time; however, Diaz claims that WCL concocted this reason to fire her when she continued to require medical attention and accommodations for her injury. According to Diaz, Shad repeatedly pressured her to sign the Receipt and Acknowledgment form included within the employee handbook as a condition of her continued employment. On January 26, Diaz turned in a signed copy of the Receipt and Acknowledgment form. | ||
Note: | [Unpublished] Because the contract at issue has both procedurally and substantively unconscionable elements, the trial court did not err in denying the motion to compel arbitration. | ||
Citation: | B195232, BC356498 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 32682007 CA | ||
Case Name: | Dickey v. WCAB | 11/05/1990 | |
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Summary: | WILLIAM H. DICKEY, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, CITY OF MORRO BAY et al. , Respondents. About two months after that injury, applicant was hired as a fire extinguisher serviceman by defendant Wayco Fire Extinguishers (Wayco). Applicant claimed workers' compensation benefits, including temporary disability indemnity for the three industrial injuries. They also stipulated applicant was an active fire fighter as defined in Labor Code section 4458 'at the time of his claimed injuries. 'If temporary disability indemnity were awarded at the maximum rate here, the rate would be $224 a week, rather than $120. 68 a week. | ||
Note: | Firefighter entitled to max TD rate despite multiple injuries. | ||
Citation: | 224 Cal.App.3d 1460, 55 CCC 410 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 23801990 CA | ||
Case Name: | Dickinson v. Allstate Insurance Co. | 04/19/2013 | |
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Summary: | DICKINSON v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY ERIC DICKINSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY et al. , Defendants and Respondents. Ballard Spahr, Naomi Young, Lawrence J. Gartner and John R. Carrigan, Jr. , for Defendant and Appellant Allstate Insurance Company and Defendants and Respondents Allstate Insurance Company and Eric Jentgen. Dickinson was "grandfathered" into the Allstate workforce when Allstate bought the auto insurance lines of CNA Insurance. *fn15 At a posttrial hearing, Allstate asked to have the judgment entered only against Allstate on the ground that Allstate, not Jentgen personally, was responsible for firing Dickinson, and so only Allstate, not Jentgen personally, could be responsible for self-publication regarding the reason Dickinson was fired. Dickinson appealed this ruling, arguing that Jentgen should be personally liable, along with Allstate, for the $2,000 in damages Dickinson obtained on the self-publication claim. | ||
Note: | A former field claims adjuster's failure to introduce into evidence a right-to-sue letter from the Department of Fair Employment and Housing was fatal to his Fair Employment and Housing Act claims. | ||
Citation: | G045033 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 40052013 CA | ||
Case Name: | Dietz v. Meisenheimer & Herron | 09/17/2009 | |
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Summary: | I INTRODUCTION In January 2004, Attorney William K. Dietz filed this action against Meisenheimer & Herron and Meisenheimer, Herron & Steele (Meisenheimer). Dietz further alleged that Meisenheimer breached an agreement between Meisenheimer and Dietz to pay Dietz 25 percent of any contingency fee that Meisenheimer might receive in the Vital matter. Dietz claimed that Meisenheimer paid Dietz only $50,000 rather than the $310,000 that Dietz alleged Meisenheimer owed him. Dietz claimed that as a result of these actions, Meisenheimer had breached a contract with Dietz. In December 2006, Dietz filed the operative first amended complaint in which he alleged that Meisenheimer had breached an oral contract with Dietz to pay Dietz 25 percent of any contingency fee Meisenheimer might receive in the Vital matter. | ||
Note: | It was not improper for the trial court to balance the competing interests of the parties in determining whether to dismiss appellant's action in its entirety. Dismissal of a plaintiff's claim based on the due process concerns espoused in General Dynamics and its progeny is reserved for the rarest of cases. | ||
Citation: | D052463 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 35672009 CA | ||
Case Name: | Diggle v. Sierra Sands Unified Sch. Dist. | 10/07/2005 | |
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Summary: | WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD STATE OF CALIFORNIA Case No. BAK 0138299 WILMA DIGGLE, Applicant, vs. SIERRA SANDS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Permissibly Self-Insured; and SELF-INSURED SCHOOLS OF CALIFORNIA (Adjusting Agent), Defendant(s). An en banc decision of the Appeals Board is binding precedent on all Appeals Board panels and WCJs. On August 21, 1997, a stipulated Award issued which determined, among other things, that this injury caused permanent disability of 12%. Applicant was awarded permanent disability indemnity in the total sum of $3,994. 45 (payable at the rate of $104. 43 per week for 38. 25 weeks). At trial, the parties stipulated that applicant's overall spinal permanent disability is now 70%, after adjustment for age and occupation, but before apportionment. | ||
Note: | En banc decision is binding precedent on all Appeals Board Panels and WCJs. | ||
Citation: | 70 CCC 1480 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 31262005 CA | ||
Case Name: | Dimmig v. WCAB | 03/31/1972 | |
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Summary: | MARTHA R. DIMMIG et al. , Petitioners, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and CALIFORNIA CASUALTY INDEMNITY EXCHANGE, Respondents In Bank. There is some dispute, however, over petitioners' claim that Dimmig was "required" to obtain his bachelor's degree as a condition of his employment. The executives indicated that Dimmig was hired because of his previous job experience in contract administration and because he was considered promotable. Respondents did not contradict, however, the substantial testimony that Dimmig believed a bachelor's degree was required for his continued employment with Memorex. Keith D. Chapel, a friend of Dimmig's, testified that Dimmig had indicated to him that "he [Dimmig] had been hired on the premise that he would finish his degree, because the job required a degree. " | ||
Note: | Going and coming: commuting to and from work not in scope of employment. | ||
Citation: | 6 Cal. 3d 860 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 28511972 CA | ||
Case Name: | DIR v. California State Personnel Board | 10/05/2011 | |
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Summary: | CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA STATE PERSONNEL BOARD, Defendant and Respondent; OLGA H. GARAU, Real Party in Interest and Respondent. Proc. , §§ 1094, 1094. 5. )*fn1 The petition seeks to set aside the decision of the California State Personnel Board (the Board) reinstating respondent Olga H. Garau to her former position with the Department. In our decision Garau v. California State Personnel Board (Oct. 14, 2009, B210335 [nonpub. (California Department of Industrial Relations v. California State Personnel Board (B230790). )In her respondent's brief and at oral argument, Garau made repeated references to documents included in the record of her pending appeal (California Department of Industrial Relations v. California State Personnel Board (B230790)), without identifying them as such or requesting that we take judicial notice of them. | ||
Note: | The Department of Industrial Relations is not procedurally barred from challenging a decision ordering it to reinstate a Division of Occupational Safety and Health attorney, the 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled in an unpublished decision. | ||
Citation: | B228794 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 38092011 CA | ||
Case Name: | Ditler v. WCAB | 05/18/1982 | |
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Summary: | TERRY DITLER, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, SAN JUAN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al. , Respondents. Ditler contends that the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board erred in apportioning 50 percent of his overall disability to preexisting nonindustrial causes. On October 3, 1977, Ditler filed an application for adjudication of claim before the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board. But, because of the intervention of job problems this was up--the pattern was upset . . . . ' Dr. Groesbeck opined that Ditler was carrying a partial permanent disability. These facts do not constitute substantial evidence that Ditler suffered from a 'labor disabling' preexisting disability. | ||
Note: | Doctor's testimony that worker would ultimately suffer disability was too speculative. | ||
Citation: | 131 Cal.App.3d 803, 47 CCC 492 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 25511982 CA | ||
Case Name: | DMS Services, Inc. v. Superior Court of LA County | 05/15/2012 | |
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Summary: | DMS SERVICES, INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY DMS SERVICES, INC. et al. , Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; ZURICH SERVICES CORP. et al. , Real Parties in Interest. The court ordered arbitration of each of those claims based on an arbitration clause in DMS's workers' compensation insurance agreements with Zurich Insurance. However, Zurich Insurance also required DMS to sign annual deductible agreements, which purported to supersede any deductible endorsement to the workers' compensation policies. Zurich sought more than $3. 5 million in payment from DMS for premiums and reimbursement of workers' compensation insurance claim deductibles. DMS alleged ZSC had breached its obligations as a third party administrator by mishandling claims made against the policies, causing DMS to overpay several claims. | ||
Note: | A third-party workers' compensation claims administrator could not compel arbitration of a client's breach-of-contract action pursuant to an agreement between the client and its insurance carrier. | ||
Citation: | B235819 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 38952012 CA | ||
Case Name: | DMV v. IAC | 02/16/1948 | |
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Summary: | DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION and JOHN M. REED, Respondents. The California Highway Patrol is subject to the special provisions contained in Labor Code, section 4800. However, there are provisions for special payments to policemen and firemen who are members of the State Employees' Retirement Systems. [3] The rights of applicants for compensation are governed by the provisions of the section in force at the time of the injury. [83 Cal. App. 2d 677] [4] In construing a statute liberally courts are not permitted to pervert its purpose. | ||
Note: | Indemnity, whether temporary or permanent, is not paid concurrently with salary. | ||
Citation: | 83 Cal.App.2d 671, 13 CCC 23 | ||
WCC Citation: | WCC 26851948 CA | ||
Case Name: | Doerflinger v. WCAB | 10/25/1994 | |
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Summary: | 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. | ||
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 | ||