High Court Declines Review of Benefit Denial for Hospital Worker

The family of a Southern California nursing assistant who suffered a stroke after being attacked by a patient will not be able to recover workers' compensation benefits from her employer for her injuries and death, the state high court decided.At its weekly conference on Wednesday, the California Supreme Court declined to grant review in Mendoza v. WCAB (Huntington Hospital), No. S200020. The decision not to grant review leaves the determination by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board that Amelia Mendoza's death was caused by her pre-existing hypertension as the final adjudicati...