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Benavides v. WCAB

Administrative Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
The decision of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board rescinding petitioner's disability rating is annulled, where there was good cause for the...

Old Republic Construction Program Group v. Boccardo Law Firm

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Workers' Compensation
The trial court's order denying defendants' motion under the anti-SLAPP law, to strike three causes of action asserted against them by plaintiff,...

Salas v. Sierra Chemical Co.

Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation, Constitutional Law, Evidence
In an action brought under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) alleging that defendant-employer failed to reasonably accommodate...

Young v. WCAB

Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
A county jail correctional sergeant's off-duty injury, sustained when he was performing jumping jacks at home as part of his regular warm-up exercise...

In Re: Norfolk Southern Railway Co.

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation, Workers' Compensation
Petitioner's appeal from a district court order remanding to state court a claim brought against petitioner pursuant to the Federal Employers'...

Regents v. WCAB

Administrative Law, Evidence, Workers' Compensation
The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) erred by ordering a petitioners to produce documents it claims are privileged to a special master for...

Lanz v. WCAB

Administrative Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
The decision of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) denying the application for workers' compensation benefits, brought by the dependents...

Village of Ilion v. County of Herkimer

Government Contracts, Government Law, Workers' Compensation
In a dispute over the administration of a workers' compensation self-insurance plan administered by defendant-county, and the calculation of...

Hopkins v. Kedzierski

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Workers' Compensation
In an suit brought by an employee who sustained injuries and received workers compensation after falling from the balcony of her employer, the trial...

Hallock v. Koubek

Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Workers' Compensation
In a suit arising out of a car accident, denial of defendant's motion for summary judgment is reversed where, in light of certified questions answered...