Court Says Worker's Tort Claim for Alleged Radiation Exposure Was Time-Barred

A California appellate court rejected a worker's claim that her former comp attorney and the administrative law judge who presided over her comp claim were to blame for her delayed filing of a personal injury action for her alleged workplace exposure to radiation. Case: Mendez v. Cottage Health System, No. B256632, 12/17/2014, unpublished. Facts: Rosa Mendez claims that she was exposed to dangerous levels of radiation while assisting an X-ray technician at Cottage Hospital in 2010. Mendez was working at the hospital as part of her coursework in the X-ray technician program at the Sa...