3rd DCA Publishes Ruling on WCAB's Authority to Impose Penalties

California now has new binding precedent on the authority of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board to impose penalties against a public employer. Last month, the 3rd District Court of Appeal changed its decision regarding Gage v. WCAB (County of Sacramento) as an unpublished opinion, meaning it could not be cited as authority in any other case. Rebecca Gage and the Unpublished Workers' Compensation Cases Review Committee asked the court to make the decision into a published case, and the court on Wednesday agreed. Gage had worked as a deputy sheriff in Sacramento County bef...