Court Orders Partial Publication of Decision Awarding Restitution to Deceased Worker's Girlfriend

The Court of Appeal for the 6th District of California has ordered the partial publication of its decision awarding restitution to the girlfriend of a man who was killed while working for an uninsured employer. Only the published portions of decisions are binding precedent in California. People v. Czirban, No. H048989, was originally released on April 12 as an unpublished opinion. The court on Wednesday ordered publication of the portion holding that it did not have jurisdiction over an order by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board approving the deduction of attorney fees ...