WCAB Says Applicant Attorney Can't Choose Interpreter for Depos

Applicants' attorneys do not have the right to select the interpreter who will translate his or her client's words into English at a deposition for his or her comp claim, according to a recent panel decision from the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.In a ruling last month, the WCAB panel upheld a ruling by Workers' Compensation Judge David Lauerman that the applicants' attorney does not "produce" the applicant for the deposition within the meaning of Labor Code 5811(b)(1), and therefore is not entitled to choose the interpreter for the deposition. The cas...