Class Action Filed Against DWC, Carriers for Sex Offender QME

Three women who say they were sexually assaulted by a qualified medical evaluator filed a class action lawsuit against the California Division of Workers’ Compensation, a carrier and two third-party administrators who the women say should have known about the doctor’s unsavory reputation. The women, who are identified as Jane Doe 1, Jane Doe 2 and Jane Doe 3, say they were sexually harassed during exams with Dr. John D. Warbritton III, who was a QME and also a popular agreed medical evaluator. Warbritton pleaded guilty in May 2018 to transporting child pornography and was sent...