Attorneys Eye High Court In Unpaid Interest Case

By Greg Jones, Correspondent A group of California attorneys want the state’s high court to decide if interest has to be explicitly awarded in a Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board order before a trial court can enforce the action. In Koszdin v. SCIF, the 2nd District Court of Appeal held that in enforcing a payment of interest on an award that is silent on the issue of interest, a trial court would be modifying the order from the WCAB, an action it lacks the jurisdiction to undertake. The attorneys seeking interest payments must return to the WCAB and request an order th...