Firefighter Limited to Comp Recovery After Being Kicked in Groin by Supervisor

A California appellate court upheld a trial judge’s determination that a firefighter was limited to a recovery though the workers’ compensation system for testicle injuries inflicted by his supervisor from a kick to the groin. Case: Tibbett v. Los Angeles County Fire Department, No. B282759, 06/05/2019, unpublished. Facts: Joshua Tibbett worked as a firefighter and paramedic for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. In February 2011, Tibbett responded to a hospital in Lancaster on an emergency call. When he arrived, two people who had brought the patient to the hospital w...