Cases
Reported in CWCR During 2006
© 2006 California Workers' Compensation Reporter
[Cases covered in 34 CWCR — through the December 2006 issue—updated
A & J Liquor
34:86 (CA op.)
34:275 (SC tsfd. to CA)
Aguilera: see
Heiman v. WCAB (Aguilera)
Aisthorpe v. WCAB
(2006)
34:333 (WCAB noted)
Albertsons,
Inc. v. Fair Employment & Housing Commission (2006) 71 CCC 178
34:88 (CA op.)
Aldi v. Republic
Indem.
34:159 (WCAB en banc)
Aldworth
Co. v. WCAB (
34:96 (CA op.)
Amar: see
Ghitterman, Ghitterman & Feld v. WCAB (Amar)
Andersen v. WCAB
(2006)
34:329 (CA writ gtd.)
34:333 (WCAB)
Andrade
v. RPD
34:238 (CA op.)
Andrade v. State
Comp. Ins. Fund (2006)
34:132 (WCAB)
Arciga v. WCAB
(2006)
34:159 (CA writ gtd.)
Balcom: see People
v. Balcom
Ball: see Geo
Group/Wackenhut Corp. v. WCAB (Ball)
Baptist
v. Robinson (2006) 143 CA4th 151
34:309 (CA op.), 367 (SC rev. den.)
Benedict v. Zurich
American Ins. Co. (2006)
34:19 (WCAB)
Benyamino v. WCAB
(2006) 71 CCC 899
34:184 (CA op.)
Bernadou
v. Costco Wholesaler Corp. (2006)
34:311–12 (CA op.)
Bonar: see Doctors
Med. Ctr. of
Bonjour
v.
34:312 (CA op.)
Brackeen
v. Burlington Homes (2006) 71 CCC 1115
34:200–01 (CA op.)
Brasher v. State
Comp. Ins. Fund (2006) 71 CCC 1282
34:229 (WCAB noted), 263 (WCAB sig. pan. dec.)
Bravo v. Neiman
Marcus Group, Inc. (2006) 71 CCC 27
34:26 (CA op.), 367 (SC pub. req. den.)
Brodie
v. WCAB (2006) 142 CA4th 685, 71 CCC 1007
34:100–101 (CA writ gtd.), 211 (CA op.), 267
(WCAB chair message),
287 (SC rev. gtd.)
Brook v. Smithdorf
(2006)
34:200 (CA op.)
Bundy v. Zurich
American Ins. Group (2006)
34:134 (WCAB)
Bunyanunda: see Six
Flags, Inc. v. WCAB (Rackchamroon/Bunyanunda)
Butcher: see Fresno
Unif. School Dist. v. WCAB (Butcher)
California Horse
Racing Board v. WCAB (Snezek) (2006)
34:330 (CA writ gtd.)
California Ins.
Guar. Ass’n v. WCAB (Gutierrez) (2006) 71 CCC 1661
34:78 (WCAB as Gutierrez v. WCAB), 158–59 (CA
writ gtd.), 367 (CA op. noted)
34:33 (CA op.), 69 (CA op. mod.)
California
State Automobile Ass’n v. WCAB (Hestehauge) (2006) 137 CA4th 1040, 71 CCC 347
34:13–14 (CA writ gtd.), 67 (CA op.)
Calloway: see San
Diego Transit v. WCAB (Calloway)
Camacho v. Zenith
Ins. Co. (2006)
34:136 (AD)
Capi: see Zenith
Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Capi)
Cardoso v. State
Comp. Ins. Fund (2006)
34:77 (WCAB)
Carter
v. California Dept. of Veterans Affairs (2006) 38 C4th 914
34:139 (SC op. in brief), 169 (SC op.)
Charkins v. WCAB:
see California State Automobile Ass’n v. WCAB (Hestehauge)
Chatham (or
Chatman): see Sierra Pacific Industries v. WCAB (Chatham or Chatman)
City
of
34:7 (CA op.)
Claudio
v. Regents of the
34:171 (SC rev. den.)
CNA Cas. Co. of Calif. v. WCAB (Kirkeby) (2006) 71 CCC 149
34:40 (CA op.)
Cortez v. WCAB (2006) 136 CA4th 596, 71 CCC 155
34:36 (CA op. noted)
Costa v. State
Comp. Ins. Fund (2006) 71 CCC 1797
34:225 (WCAB en banc notice of intention), 333 (WCAB
en banc in brief)
34:328 (CA op. denying writ)
34:224–25 (CA writ gtd.)
34:296 (CA op.)
Covarrubias
v. Hansen (2006) 71 CCC 585
34:143 (CA op.), 171 (SC rev. den.)
Credille: see
Davila v. Nickell
(2006)
34:144 (SC rev. den. noted)
Davis [and Torres]
v. WCAB (2006) 145 CA4th 324, 71 CCC 1669
34:101 (CA writ gtd.), 320 (CA op.)
Delaine: see People
v. Delaine
Diadone
v. City of
34:242 (CA op.)
Doctors Med. Ctr.
of
34:42 (CA op. denying writ)
Domino’s Pizza: see
State Comp. Ins. Fund (Domino’s Pizza) v. WCAB (Kerr)
Doody v. WCAB (2006) 71 CCC 1219
34:100 (CA writ gtd.), 367 (CA op. noted)
Doughty v.
Sacramento County Sheriff’s
34:76 (WCAB)
Duffy
v. City & County of
34:59–60 (CA op.)
Dykes: see E &
J Gallo Winery v. WCAB (Dykes)
E & J Gallo
Winery v. WCAB (Dykes) (2005) 134 CA4th 1536, 70 CCC 1644
34:1 (CA op.), 35 (SC rev. den.), 267 (WCAB chair
message)
E.
L. Yeager Construction v. WCAB (Gatten) (2006) 145 CA4th 922, 71 CCC 1687
34:74 (CA writ gtd.), 319 (CA op.), 367 (CA cert.
for pub.)
Echeverria: see
State Comp. Ins. Fund v. WCAB (Echeverria)
Elk Grove Unif.
School Dist. v. WCAB (Stroth) (2006)
34:262 (CA writ gtd.)
Enoch v. WCAB
(2006) 71 CCC 904
34:182 (CA op.)
Faeth v. WCAB
(Gault) (2006) 71 CCC 355
34:73 (CA op. denying writ)
Farmers Ins. Group
v. WCAB (
34:223–24 (CA writ gtd.), 367 (CA op. noted)
Finklang
v. American Home Assur.
34:52 (WCAB)
Finley
v. WCAB (2006) 71 CCC 361
34:69 (CA op.)
Fleetwood
Enterprises, Inc. v. WCAB (Moody) (2005) 134 CA4th 1316, 70 CCC 1659
34:9 (CA op.)
Fonseca
v.
34:173 (CA op.)
Franey v. State
Farm Ins. Co. (2006)
34:186 (WCAB)
Freitag v. Ayers
(2006) 463 F3d 838
34:274 (USCA op.)
34:290 (CA op.)
34:328 (CA op. denying writ)
Gallegos: see New
United Motors Mfg., Inc. v. WCAB
(Gallegos)
Gamble v. WCAB
(2006) 143 CA4th 71, 71 CCC 1015
34:254 (CA op.)
Garcia v. State
Comp. Ins. Fund (2006)
34:305 (WCAB)
Gatten: see E. L.
Yeager Construction v. WCAB (Gatten)
Gault: see Faeth v.
WCAB (Gault)
Gelfo v. Lockheed
Martin Corp. (2006) 140 CA4th 34, 71 CCC 726
34:170 (CA op.)
Geo Group/Wackenhut
Corp. v. WCAB (Ball) (2005) 70 CCC 1672
34:12 (CA op. denting writ)
Ghitterman,
Ghitterman & Feld v. WCAB (Amar) (2006)
34:185 (CA writ gtd.)
Gomez (Maria) v.
WCAB (2006) 71 CCC 1714
34:329 (CA op. denying writ)
Gomez (Vicente) v.
WCAB (2006) 71 CCC 1721
34:328 (CA op. denying writ)
Goodwill Industries
of San Diego v. WCAB (Montoya) (2006)
34:38 (CA op. denying writ)
Grahn v. Exxon
Mobil Corp. (2006)
34:171 (SC rev. tsfd.), 367 (CA op. noted)
Grob v. Subsequent
Injuries Benefits Trust Fund (2005)
34:17 (WCAB)
Gunnell
v. Silas (2006) 71 CCC 202
34:87–88 (CA op.), 277 (CA op.)
Gutierrez v.
California Ins. Guar. Ass’n (2006)
34:78 (WCAB), 158–59 (CA writ gtd. as California
Ins. Guar. Ass’n v. WCAB (Gutierrez))
Guy
v. Active Plastics, Inc. (2006)
34:311 (CA op.)
Halladay v. WCAB
(2006) 71 CCC 693
34:156 (CA op. denying writ)
Harun v.
34:81 (WCAB)
Hawkins
v.
34:339 (CA op.)
Heiman
v. WCAB (Aguilera) (2006)
34:224 (CA writ gtd.)
Hernandez
v. WCAB (2006) 71 CCC 369
34:95 (CA op. denying writ), 153 (SC rev. den.)
Hess v. WCAB (2006)
71 CCC 1225
34:262 (CA op.)
Hestehauge: see
California State Automobile Ass’n v. WCAB (Hestehauge)
Hixson: see Save
Mart Supermarkets v. WCAB (Hixson)
Hoffman, Jr., In re
(2006) 71 CCC 609
34:128 (WCAB sig. pan. dec.)
Holford v. West
Contra Costa Unif. School Dist. (2006) 71 CCC 752
34:199 (CA op.)
Hunton: see Sonoma
State Univ. v. WCAB (Hunton)
In re _______ (see name of party)
Jenneiahn: see City
of
JKH
Enterprises, Inc. v. Department of Industrial Relations (2006) 142 CA4th 1046,
71 CCC 1257
34:291 (CA op.)
Johnson: see
Jonkey
v. Carignan Constr. Co. (2006) 139 CA4th 20
34:111 (CA op.)
34:328 (CA op. denying writ)
Kao
v.
34:268 (WCAB)
Kelly
v.
34:195 (CA op.)
Kephart
v. Genuity, Inc. (2006) 136 CA4th 280
34:58 (CA op.)
Kerr: see State
Comp. Ins. Fund (Domino’s Pizza) v. WCAB (Kerr)
Keys: see Sasco
Elec. Co. v. Keys
Khan: see People v.
Khan
Kien v. Episcopal
Homes Foundation (2006)
34:228 (WCAB)
Kinsman v. Unocal
Corp. (2005) 37 C4th 659, 1047a, 70 CCC 1692
34:21 (SC op.), 57 (SC op. mod.)
Kirkeby: see CNA
Cas. Co. of Calif. v. WCAB (Kirkeby)
Knight
v.
34:297 (WCAB en banc)
Kopping
v. WCAB (2006) 142 CA4th 1099, 71 CCC 1229
34:101 (CA writ gtd.), 251 (CA op.)
Krause v. WCAB
(2006) 71 CCC 1032
34:223 (CA op.)
Krishnan v.
Specialty Labs., Inc. (2006)
34:240 (CA op.)
Lario v. Vons
Companies, Inc. (2006)
34:127 (WCAB testimony on FEC noted)
Lantz
Security Systems, Inc. v. Anderson-Barrows Metals Corp. (2006) 71 CCC 758
34:202 (CA op.)
Lazan
v.
34:196 (CA op.)
Liening v. Pacific
Lumber Co. (2006)
34:108 (WCAB)
Lithia Motors Support Services v.
WCAB (Locke) (2006) 71 CCC 1517
34:328 (CA op. denying writ)
Locke: see Lithia
Motors Support Services v. WCAB (Locke)
Lopez v. WCAB: see
Welcher v. WCAB
Lopez: see Paramount
Farms v. WCAB (Lopez)
McAuliffe v. WCAB
(2006) 71 CCC 696
34:119 (CA op.)
McCarthy v. WCAB
(2006) 135 CA4th 1230, 136 CA4th 1181c, 71 CCC 16
34:6 (CA op.), 41 (CA op. mod.)
34:23 (CA op.)
Matea
v. WCAB (2006) 144 CA4th 1435, 71 CCC 1522
34:123–24 (CA writ gtd.), 323 (CA op.), 367 (CA
op. mod. & rhg. den.)
34:328 (CA op. denying writ), 367 (SC rev. den.)
Meek v. John Muir
Hosp. (2006)
34:106 (WCAB)
Mendoza
v. Brodeur (2006) 142 CA4th 72, 71 CCC 1135
34:236 (CA op.)
Metoyer v. Zenith
Ins. Co. (2005)
34:14 (WCAB)
Miceli v. American
Home Assurance Co. (Jacuzzi, Inc.) (2006) 71 CCC 599
34:124 (WCAB en banc)
Michael v. Denbeste
Transportation, Inc. (2006) 137 CA4th 1082, 71 CCC 378
34:83 (CA op.), 197 (SC rev. den.)
Montoya: see
Goodwill Industries of San Diego v. WCAB (Montoya)
Moody: see
Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. v. WCAB (Moody)
Morales v.
Travelers Ins. Co. (2006)
34:230 (WCAB)
Morris
v. AGFA Corp. (2006) 144 CA4th 1452
34:338 (CA op.)
Mosby
v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. (2006) 71 CCC 487
34:144 (CA op. & SC rev. den.)
Murillo v.
California Ins. Guar. Ass’n (2006)
34:162 (WCAB)
Nabors v. WCAB (Piedmont
Lumber & Mill Co.) (2006) 140 CA4th 217, 71 CCC 704
34:35 (CA status noted), 121 (CA op. in brief),
151 (CA op.),
267 (WCAB chair
message), 289 (SC rev. den. noted)
New United Motors
Mfg., Inc. v.
WCAB (Gallegos) (2006) 141 CA4th 1533, 71 CCC 1037
34:122–23 (CA writ gtd.), 214 (CA op.)
North American
Building Maintenance, Inc. v. Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co. (2006) 137 CA4th 627
34:113 (CA op.)
Nunez v. WCAB (2006) 136 CA4th 584, 71 CCC 161
34:35 (CA op.)
Ochoa: see
Signature Fruit Co. v. WCAB (Ochoa)
Olaes v. Nationwide
Mut. Ins. Co. (2006) 135 CA4th 1501
34:26 (CA op.)
Oswalt v. WCAB
(2006) 71 CCC 1243
34:260 (CA op.)
Pale
v. Coble (2006)
34:310 (CA op.)
Paradise
Valley Hosp. v. WCAB (Sangcap) (2005) 70 CCC 1685
34:37 (CA op.)
Paramount Farms v.
WCAB (Lopez) (2006) 71 CCC 1397
34:291 (CA op.)
Paramount Farms v.
WCAB (Velasquez) (2006) 71 CCC 1406
34:293 (CA op.)
Parkwoods
Community Ass’n v.
34:301 (CA op.)
Pasquotto
v. Connecticut Indem. Ins. Co. (2006) 71 CCC 223
34:44 (WCAB en banc)
People
ex rel. Monterey Mushrooms, Inc. v. Thompson (2006) 136 CA4th 24, 71 CCC 35
34:24 (CA op.)
People
v. Balcom (2006) 71 CCC 494
34:121 (CA op.)
People
v. Delaine (2005)
34:46 (CA op.)
People
v. Kahn (2005)
34:47 (CA op.)
People
v. Rodriguez (2006)
34:156–57 (CA op.)
People
v. Waters (2006) 71 CCC 50
34:46 (CA op.)
Pettigrew v. WCAB
(2006) 143 CA4th 397, 71 CCC 1248
34:124 (CA writ gtd.), 256 (CA op.)
Phillips v. WCAB
(2006)
34:329–30 (CA writ gtd.)
Premier
Med. Mgmt. Systems, Inc. v. California Ins. Guar. Ass’n (2006) 136 CA4th 464,
71 CCC 210
34:56 (CA op.)
Priebe
v. Nelson (2006) 39 C4th 1112
34:234 (SC op.)
Rackchamroon: see
Six Flags, Inc. v. WCAB (Rackchamroon)
Ramirez v. Nelson
(2006) 138 CA4th 890
34:112 (CA op.), 197 (SC rev. gtd.)
Ravella
v. McGraw-Hill Cos. (2006) 71 CCC 1558
34:341 (CA op.)
Ready
Pac Produce, Inc. v. Superior Court (Sandoval) (2006)
34:340 (CA op.)
34:276 (CA op.)
Reynoso v. Yasuda
Fire & Marine Ins. Co. (2006)
34:103 (WCAB)
Robbins v. American
Manufacturers Mut. Ins. Co. (Sharphealth Care) (2006) 71 CCC 1291
34:270 (WCAB sig. pan.
dec.)
Roberson v.
Atlantic Mut. Ins. Co. (2006)
34:190 (WCAB)
Robinzine v. Vicory
(2006) 143 CA4th 1416
34:308 (CA op.)
Rodgers
v. Sargent Controls & Aerospace (2006) 136 CA4th 82
34:57–58 (CA op.)
Rodriguez v.
Subsequent Injuries Benefit Trust Fund (2006)
34:166 (WCAB)
Rodriguez: see
People v. Rodriguez
Rogelio
v. Connecticut Indem. Co. (2006)
34:188 (WCAB)
Rubio v. National
Union Fire Ins. Co. (2006)
34:53 (WCAB)
Rudd v.
34:13
Saiz v. WCAB (2006)
71 CCC 23
34:38 (CA op.)
Salmon
v. Department of Transportation (State of Calif.) (2006)
34:301 (WCAB en banc)
San
Diego Transit v. WCAB (Calloway) (2006) 71 CCC 445
34:40 (CA op., writ den.)
Sandhagen v. WCAB
(2006) 144 CA4th 1050, 71 CCC 1541
34:317 (CA op.); see also State Comp. Ins. Fund
v. WCAB (Sandhagen)
Sandoval: see Ready
Pac Produce, Inc. v. Superior Court (Sandoval)
Sangcap: see
Paradise Valley Hosp. v. WCAB (Sangcap)
Sasco Elec. Co. v.
Keys (2006)
34:342 (CA op.), 343 (CA op. noted)
Save Mart
Supermarkets v. WCAB (Hixson) (2006) 71 CCC 171
34:98 (CA op.)
Sealock
v. Costco Wholesale Corp. (2006)
34:240 (CA op.)
Seiler v. Zenith
Ins. Co. (2006)
34:192 (WCAB)
Shevchuk v. WCAB
(2006) 71 CCC 1741
34:101 (CA writ gtd.), 367 (CA op. noted)
Shayesteh
v. Abbott Labs. (2006)
34:330 (WCAB)
Sierra
Pacific Industries v. WCAB (Chatham or Chatman) (2006) 140 CA4th 1498, 71 CCC
714
34:156 (CA op. in brief), 179 (CA op.), 367 (SC
rev. & depub. den.)
Signature
Fruit Co. v. WCAB (Ochoa) (2006) 142 CA4th 790, 71 CCC 1044
34:74–75 (CA writ gtd.), 216 (CA op.)
Simas v. WCAB (2006)
71 CCC 1056
34:260 (CA op.)
Singleton
v. United States Gypsum Co. (2006) 140 CA4th 1547
34:198 (CA op.), 367 (SC rev. den.)
Six
Flags, Inc. v. WCAB (Rackchamroon/Bunyanunda) (2006) 145 CA4th 91, 71 CCC 1759
34:42–43 (CA writ gtd.), 326 (CA op.)
Smith v. WCAB
(2006)
34:185–86 (CA writ gtd.)
Snezek: see
California Horse Racing Board v. WCAB (Snezek)
Sonoma
State Univ. v. WCAB (Hunton) (2006) 142 CA4th 500, 71 CCC 1059
34:157–58 (CA writ gtd.), 218 (CA op.)
State Comp. Ins.
Fund v. WCAB (Echeverria) (2006)
34:262–63 (CA writ gtd.)
State Comp. Ins.
Fund v. WCAB (Girardot) (2006)
34:327 (CA writ gtd. noted)
State Comp. Ins.
Fund v. WCAB (Sandhagen) (2006) 144 CA4th 1050, 71 CCC 1541
34:317 (CA op. and op. mod.); see also Sandhagen
v. WCAB
State Comp. Ins.
Fund (Domino’s Pizza) v. WCAB (Kerr) (2006) 144 CA4th 1316, 71 CCC 1387
34:158 (CA writ gtd.), 294 (CA op.), 321 (CA
cert. for pub.)
Stephens
v. County of Tulare (2006) 38 C4th 793, 71 CCC 571
34:137 (SC op.)
Stephens: see Fresno
Unified School Dist. v. WCAB (Stephens)
Strong v. WCAB: see
Welcher v. WCAB
Stroth: see Elk
Grove Unif. School Dist. v. WCAB (Stroth)
Sullivan v. WCAB
(2006) 71 CCC 1065
34:220 (CA op.)
Thomas v. Duggins
Constr. Co., Inc. (2006) 139 CA4th 1105
34:138 (CA op.)
Tilbury
Constructors, Inc. v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2006) 137 CA4th 466, 71 CCC 393
34:82 (CA op.)
Torres v. State
Comp. Ins. Fund (2006)
34:226 (WCAB)
Torres v. WCAB: see
Davis [and Torres] v.
WCAB
Torres: see
California Ins. Guar. Ass’n v. WCAB (White, Torres)
Toshi v. WCAB
(2006)
34:297 (CA writ gtd.)
Uribe v. WCAB
(2006) 71 CCC 1070
34:99–100 (CA writ gtd.), 219 (CA op.)
Valdez
v. Himmelfarb (2006) 144 CA4th 1261, 71 CCC 1574
34:336 (CA op.)
Valdez v. Pinnacle
Builders, Inc. (2006)
34:164 (WCAB)
Vargas v.
Atascadero State Hosp. (2006) 71 CCC 500
34:101 (WCAB en banc)
Velasquez: see
Paramount Farms v. WCAB (Velasquez)
Vera v. State Comp.
Ins. Fund (2005)
34:49 (WCAB)
Waite
v.
34:114 (CA op.), 197 (SC pub. den.)
Walker
v. WCAB (2006) 71 CCC 1077
34:75–76 (CA writ gtd.), 257 (CA op.)
Ward v. City of
Desert Hot Springs (2006) 71 CCC 1313
34:266 (WCAB sig. pan.
dec.)
Waters: see People
v. Waters
Watson v. City of
Oakland (2006)
34:331 (WCAB)
Weber
v. John Crane, Inc. (2006) 143 CA4th 1433
34:307 (CA op.), 367 (SC rev. & depub. den.)
Welcher
v. WCAB (2006) 142 CA4th 818, 71 CCC 1087
34:99 (CA consolidation order), 213 (CA op. in
brief), 267 (WCAB chair message),
285 (CA op.), 287
(SC rev. gtd.)
White: see
California Ins. Guar. Ass’n v. WCAB (White, Torres)
Whitt v. Zenith
Ins. Co. (2006)
34:334 (WCAB)
Williams
v. Genentech, Inc. (2006) 139 CA4th 357
34:140 (CA op.), 227 (SC rev. gtd.)
Williams v. WCAB:
see Welcher v. WCAB
Wood v. Old
Republic Ins. Co. (2006)
34:303 (WCAB)
Wood v. State Comp.
Ins. Fund (2005)
34:15 (WCAB)
Yeager
Construction: see E.L. Yeager Construction v. WCAB (Gatten)
Zenith
Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Capi) (2006) 138 CA4th 373, 71 CCC 374
34:71 (CA op.)
Zimarik v. WCAB
(2006) 71 CCC 1111
34:222 (CA op.)