Case Law Library
| Case Name: | Aitken v. Pacific Steel Casting Co. | 02/07/2011 | |
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| Note: | Exclusive remedy barred a worker's suit against a borrowing employer after it proved that he was a special employee, the 1st District Court of Appeal ruled. | ||
| Citation: | A126395 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 37152011 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Alberda v. Board of Retirement of Fresno County Employees' Retirement Assoc. | 02/20/2013 | |
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| Note: | A Fresno County deputy sheriff is getting a second chance at proving his entitlement to a service-connected disability retirement since the trial judge who upheld the administrative denial of his application applied the wrong standard of review to the Fresno County Employees' Retirement Association's decision. | ||
| Citation: | F064017 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 39882013 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Albertson's v. WCAB (Bradley) | 04/29/1982 | |
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| Note: | Honest misperception of job harassment may mix with pre-existing psychiatric condition so as to cause compensable job stress, but must be supported by competent evidence. | ||
| Citation: | 131 Cal.App.3d 308 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 31161982 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Albillo vs. Intermodal | 12/11/2003 | |
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| Note: | It is unlawful for a company to enter into a contract with an independent contactor and then require the independent contractor to pay the cost of workers' compensation insurance premiums. | ||
| Citation: | 114 Cal.App.4th 190 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 29612003 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Aldi v. Carr, McClellan, etc. | 06/21/2006 | |
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| Note: | Failure by the Division of Workers' Compensation to adopt a new permanent disability rating schedule (PDRS) on or before 1/1/05, as mandated by Labor Code section 4660(e), did not otherwise alter its applicability to injuries that occurred earlier than 1/1/05. | ||
| Citation: | 70 CCC 783 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 31672006 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Alejandre v. Valleycrest Companies | 09/29/2008 | |
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| Note: | [Unpublished] An employee's dependents may not maintain a civil action for damages where, as here, the employee is injured by the employer's deliberate failure to assure that workplace equipment is safe, and conceals the lack of safety features on that equipment. | ||
| Citation: | A120256 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 34312008 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Algara v. Automobile Club of Southern California | 08/21/2012 | |
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| Note: | An office worker who was unable to return to work after more than six months of medical leave could not assert a viable disability discrimination claim against her employer based on its decision to terminate her and hire someone else to fill her position, which it had held open for 24 weeks. | ||
| Citation: | E054171 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 39242012 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Alhambra Comm. Hospital v. WCAB | 06/21/1979 | |
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| Note: | Disputed claim can be settled without satisfaction of any outstanding liens or lien claimant's consent. | ||
| Citation: | 44 CCC 611 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 25271979 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Ali v. USA. Cab Ltd. | 07/24/2009 | |
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| Note: | The declarations of 36 putative class members sufficiently shows that they plaintiffs failed to meet their burden as to the predominance of common issues. | ||
| Citation: | D052127 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 35472009 CA | ||
| Case Name: | Aliano v. WCAB | 12/24/1979 | |
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| Note: | Reopened b/c employer failed to properly present facts in original decision; Service of hospital records not required but their willful suppression is fraud. | ||
| Citation: | 100 Cal.App.3d 341, 44 CCC 1156 | ||
| WCC Citation: | WCC 26651979 CA | ||
