4th DCA Hears Dispute on WCAB's Authority over Discovery Spat

California's 4th District Court of Appeal on Tuesday heard oral argument on whether the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board has the authority to order a special master to conduct an in-camera review of documents to determine if they are protected from discovery by the attorney-client privilege or the work-product doctrine.The 4th DCA's Division 3 granted review of The Regents of the University of California Irvine v. WCAB (Lappi), No. G048217, last August. The case arose from a September 2003 industrial injury to Shirley Lappi, an administrative assistant for the University of...