California Court of Appeal
State Comp. Ins. Fund v. Workers Comp. App. Bd., C048668, C049286
Petitions for writ of review of respondent board's decision are denied where respondent acted within its authority in prohibiting the use of a report generated by an untimely utilization review process in subsequent proceedings challenging the treatment decision, and the language of Labor Code section 4610 does not impose the requirement that a UR must be used for every request.
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/14/2006
- Published 11/14/2006
Judges
- RAYE, J.
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Hinden, Grueskin, Rondeau & Breslavsky, and Charles R. Rondeau, Bakersfield, for amicus curiae California Applicants Attorneys Association in support of petitioner Brice Sandhagen.
- For Appellees:
- Robert W. Daneri,Suzanne Ah-Tye, San Francisco, and Don E. Clark, for petitioner and respondent State Compensation Insurance Fund., Sweeney and Forbes, and Marguerite Sweeney, Redding, for petitioner and respondent Brice Sandhagen., Neil P. Sullivan and Vincent Bausano, for respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.