Case Law Library
| Case Name: | American Safety Casualty Ins. Co. v. Mothershead | 05/12/2009 | |
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| Note: | [Unpublished] Two plaintiffs who did not accept pretrial settlement offers are not liable for a defendant's expert witness fees, because the offers were unclear and conditional. | ||
| Citation: | B206494 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 35212009 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Amerigas Propane, LP v. Landstar Ranger, Inc. | 05/18/2010 | |
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| Note: | A trial court should not have granted a defendant's motion for summary judgment because a factual question existed about whether an injured trucker was an employee, and whether a company owed him a duty as an independent contractor. | ||
| Citation: | E048536 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 36232010 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Amico vs. WCAB | 12/02/1974 | |
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| Note: | Prior rating or award does not necessarily evidence prior level of disability. | ||
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| WCC Citation: | WCC 30271974 CA | ||
| Case Name: | An Independent Home Support Service, Inc. v. Superior Court of San Diego, State Compensation Insurance Fund | 12/21/2006 | |
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| Note: | A referral agency that provides domestic workers to individuals and entities is deemed not to be the employers, for the purposes of workers' compensation, of the domestic workers they refer. | ||
| Citation: | 145 Cal. App. 4th 1418 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 32002006 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Andersen v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board | 04/19/2007 | |
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| Note: | Employer violated section 132a by requiring claimant to use his earned vacation time rather than sick leave to attend medical appointments to care for his industrial injuries. | ||
| Citation: | 149 Cal. App. 4th 1369, 72 CCC 389 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 32172007 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Anderson v. Catholic Healthcare West | 04/11/2013 | |
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| Note: | A hospital made reasonable efforts to accommodate a nurse with a severe latex allergy and its decision to fire her when a suitable modified duty position could not be found did not violate the Fair Employment and Housing Act. | ||
| Citation: | A127934 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 40022013 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Anderson v. Denham Contracting | 03/30/2009 | |
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| Note: | [Unpublished] A subcontractor did not owe a project foreman a duty of care to prevent him from falling through a hole in the roof. | ||
| Citation: | A119834 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 35092009 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Anderson v. Union Oil Co. | 07/17/1975 | |
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| Note: | Employer can provide in a voluntary benefit plan for credit against work comp. liabilities. | ||
| Citation: | 49 Cal.App.3d 968, 40 CCC 970 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 24601975 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Andrade v. City of Milpitas | 01/04/2013 | |
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| Note: | A municipal employer who allowed an employee to miss more than one out of every 10 days of work over a two-year period because of her fibromyalgia and made arrangements for her to work from home, made sufficient accommodation for the worker's disabilities. | ||
| Citation: | H037124 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 39702013 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Angelotti v. Walt Disney Company et al. | 02/24/2011 | |
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| Note: | Exclusive remedy barred a stuntman from suing a film production company because substantial evidence showed that it was his special employer, the 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled. | ||
| Citation: | B219946 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 37182011 CA | ||