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County of San Luis Obispo v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an employment discrimination dispute, judgment in favor of plaintiff-employee is reversed where he failed to establish a prima facie case of...

Zurich N. Am. v. Matrix Serv. Inc.

Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an insurance dispute, summary judgment against plaintiff-insurance company, holding it liable for the payment of medical expenses incurred by...

Farmers Brothers Coffee v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Immigration Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Labor Code section 1171.5, which provides that immigration status is irrelevant to the issue of liability under state labor and employment laws, is...

Carolina Cas. Ins. Co. v. Pinnacol Assurance

Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an insurance coverage dispute, defendant-workers' compensation carrier owes no duty to defend in a Americans with Disabilities Act claim where the...

Alvarado v. Industrial Comm'n

Attorney's Fees, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Workers' Compensation
In an attorney fee dispute, order that successor counsel should pay to original counsel a portion of the awarded attorney fee is affirmed where the...

Alvarado v. Industrial Comm'n

Attorney's Fees, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Workers' Compensation
In an attorney fee dispute, order that successor counsel should pay to original counsel a portion of the awarded attorney fee is affirmed where the...

Grupe Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Bd.

Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a dispute concerning the award of temporary disability payments, the injured's expert's testimony was admissible where it comported with Labor Code...

Cahalan v. Rohan

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a personal injury action, plaintiff was engaged in the direct performance of his employment duties when the accident occurred and, therefore, his...

DiGregorio v. Hartford

Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a suit challenging the denial of long-term disability benefits, plaintiff's request for a remand to the plan administrator, on the ground that it...

Caldwell v. TACC Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability, Workers' Compensation
In a settlement of a products-liability suit, the trial court properly ruled that defendant-insurance carrier was not entitled to a subrogation lien...