Case Law Library
| Case Name: | Bell-Sparrow v. Farmers Insurance Company | 11/13/2009 | |
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| Note: | [Unpublished] Only if a plaintiff produces sufficient evidence to establish a prima facie case does the burden shift to the employer to present evidence showing it had a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for the employment action, which plaintiff here failed to do. | ||
| Citation: | A124481 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 35772009 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Belletich v. Carley | 03/12/2008 | |
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| Note: | [Unpublished] The release language of the settlement agreement is not reasonably susceptible to the narrow interpretation urged by plaintiff. In such case, parole evidence is inadmissible and so, does not raise a triable issue of fact. | ||
| Citation: | B199968 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 33252008 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Beloud, Inc. v. WCAB | 08/19/1975 | |
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| Note: | WCAB exceeded authority by modifying attorneys fees without attorney notice and opportunity to be heard. | ||
| Citation: | 50 Cal.App.3d 729, 40 CCC 505 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 26621975 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Bennett v. WCAB | 04/03/1986 | |
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| Note: | Peripheral vascular disability was not 'heart trouble' within meaning of this section. | ||
| Citation: | 51 CCC 139 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 4161986 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Benson v. The Permanente Medical Group | 12/13/2007 | |
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| Note: | The rule in Wilkinson is not consistent with the new requirement that apportionment be based on causation and, therefore, Wilkinson is no longer generally applicable. | ||
| Citation: | 72 CCC 1620 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 32892007 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Benson vs. WCAB | 02/10/2009 | |
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| Note: | Courts must separately rate successive injuries to the same body part that simultaneously become permanent and stationary. | ||
| Citation: | A120462 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 34902009 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Bentley v. IAC | 07/31/1946 | |
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| Note: | Atty. fees not to be fixed; Bd. evaluation protects applicant, encourages representation. | ||
| Citation: | 75 Cal.App.2d 547, 11 CCC 204 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 27171946 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Bergenstal v. WCAB | 04/09/2001 | |
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| Note: | Certain medical practitioners, who do not come within Labor Code section 3209.3, are authorized to provide services to an injured worker if the employer consents. | ||
| Citation: | 45 Cal.App.4th 1272, 61 CCC 437 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 4092001 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Berkebile v. WCAB | 06/20/1983 | |
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| Note: | Widow's claim filed within 240 weeks of her first knowledge of illness was timely filed. | ||
| Citation: | 144 Cal.App.3d 940, 48 CCC 438 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 25221983 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Betancourt v. WCAB | 03/30/1971 | |
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| Note: | The Code provides for and authorizes chiropractic treatment. | ||
| Citation: | 16 Cal.App.3d 408, 36 CCC 186 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 4111971 CA | ||