The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and its Office of Self Insurance Plans (SIP) is opposing the bankrupt Henry Mayo Hospital's attempt to force injured workers to resolve unpaid workers' compensation claims in U.S. bankruptcy court rather than before the state's Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB).
Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital (Henry Mayo), Valencia, in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings since November 2001, stopped paying workers' compensation benefits to its injured employees in May. The hospital has filed an emergency motion that would remove jurisdictio...
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