Sullivan: July 2016 Case Law Update

Injury In Simard v. Lowe's Home Centers, 2016 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 214, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board upheld that the WCJ's decision that an employee's psychiatric claim flowing from an injury July 4, 2012, was not barred by the six-month limitation in LC 3208.3(d) because the employee's injury was caused by a "sudden and extraordinary" employment condition.  Statutes of Limitations  In Dunn v. Bright Pool Services, 2016 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 200, the WCAB held that an applicant's claim for a 2007 injury was not...