The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals' seminal holding that the right to workers’ compensation benefits is statutory and not vested until reduced to a final judgment is inapplicable to another dispute involving indemnity benefits, according to first responders suing two California cites and their third-party administrators for racketeering.
A worker who satisfies 10 conditions for having a compensable claim in Labor Code Section 3600 is entitled to indemnity benefits, 14 police and firefighters from Stockton and Rialto said in a reply brief filed with the 9th COA on Aug. 16.
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