Supreme Court Denies Appeal by Self-Represented Worker Who Blew Filing Deadline

The California Supreme Court will not be reviewing a self-represented worker's challenge to the dismissal of his untimely request for administrative review. A workers' compensation administrative law judge signed off on a settlement agreement between Troy Whiteto and his employer in April 2015. Ten months later, in February 2016, Whiteto petitioned the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board for relief from the judge's ruling. The board denied his petition, noting that the Labor Code gives a party 20 days to petition for reconsideration of a WCJ's decision. "...