Supreme Court Denies Review of 2 Comp Cases

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday denied review of two workers’ compensation cases, including an employer’s appeal of an award of temporary total disability benefits for a psychiatric injury. Last September, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board found that Timothy Kirby was entitled to TTD under the “odd lot” doctrine. The doctrine recognizes that a worker who is partially disabled may still receive TTD benefits if his partial disability has resulted in a total loss of wages. Though the WCAB decision did not identify the cause of Kirby’s ps...