Cases Reported in CWCR During 2010
© 2011 California Workers' Compensation Reporter


[February–December 2010—38 CWCR 1–340; updated 1/17/11]

 

Aguilar: see Hertz Corp. v. WCAB (Aguilar)

Aguilar: see Solano County Probation Dept. v. WCAB (Aguilar)

Allen: see Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Allen)

Allied Waste Industries, Inc. v. WCAB (Rojas) (2010)
     38:291 (CA op. noted)

Alvarez (Paredes, dec’d) v. WCAB (2010) 187 CA4th 575, 75 CCC 397, 817
     38:62 (CA writ gtd.), 108 (CA op. & rhg. gtd.), 202 (CA op.), 339 (CA rhg. den.)

Ambrose v. Coffey (USDC ED Cal 2010 ) (Civ S–08–1664 LKK/GGH), 75 CCC 338
     38:83 (USDC op.)

Amerigas Propane, L.P. v. Landstar Ranger, Inc. (2010) 184 CA4th 981
     38:127 (CA op.)

Apparicio: see State Farm Ins. Co. WCAB (Apparicio)

Avila-Gonzalez v. WCAB (2010) 75 CCC 1069
     38:113–14 (CA writ gtd.), 235 (CA op. noted), 264 (CA op.)

Ayala: see Duenas v. WCAB (Ayala)

 

Barba v. Wal-Mart Transportation, LLC (2010) 75 CCC 205
     38:50 (CA op.)

Barela: see Leprino Foods v. WCAB (Barela)

Bazzini v. Technicolor, Inc. (2010) 75 CCC 16
     38:18 (CA op.)

Bigge Crane & Rigging v. WCAB (Hunt) 188 CA4th 1330, 75 CCC 1089
     38:62–63 (CA writ gtd.), 233 (CA op.)

Blackledge v. ACE American Ins. Co. (Bank of America) (2010) 75 CCC 613
     38:117 (WCAB en banc noted), 142 (WCAB en banc)

Blumenfeld v. Qualcomm, Inc. (2010)
     38:283 (CA op.)

Boatman v. Town of Windsor (2009)
     38:9 (WCAB)

Borges v. WCAB (County of Santa Ccruz (2010)
     38:301 (WCAB), 339 (CA writ den.)

Brache v. Tampa Bay Storm (2010)
     38:239 (WCAB)

Brown v. Cassens Transport Co. (USDC ED Mich. S. Div. 2010) (No. 04-cv-72316)
     38:233 (US dist. ct. op.)

Burrtec Waste Indus. v. WCAB (Collinwood) (2010)
     38:339 (CA writ den.); see also Collinwood v. Wausau Ins. Co.

 

California Highway Patrol v. WCAB (Griffin) (2010)
     38:294 (CA op.); see also
State Comp. Ins. Fund v. WCAB (Griffin)

California Ins. Guar. Ass’n (CIGA): see Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Colamaria/CIGA)

Campos v. WCAB (2010) 75 CCC 565 
    38:137 (July) (CA op.), 339 (cost order mod.)

Cardozo: see San Francisco Unified School Dist. v. WCAB (Cardozo)

Carroll v. Louisiana Workers’ Comp. Corp. (2010)
     38:177 (WCAB)

Catholic Healthcare West v. California Ins. Guar. Ass’n (2010)
     38:17 (SC depub. den.)

Cervantes: see El Aquila Food Products v. WCAB (Cervantes)

Chavez v. City of Los Angeles  (2010) 47 C4th 970, 75 CCC 215
     38:15 (SC op.)

Children’s Hosp. & Research Center Oakland v. WCAB (McKnight) (2010) 75 CCC 1111
     38:114 (CA writ gtd.), 235 (CA op. noted), 267 (CA op. & writ of mandate)

City & County of San Francisco v. WCAB (Ogilvie) (2010)
     38:206–07 (CA writ gtd.) [see also Ogilvie v. WCAB]

City of Laguna Beach v. California Ins. Guar. Ass’n (2010) 182 CA4th 711, 75 CCC 232
     38:59 (CA op.), 339 (CA mod. den. & SC depub. den.)

Clark v. San Joaquin Community Hospital (2010) 75 CCC 568
     38:161 (CA op.), 339 (SC rev. den.

Cocio v. Mountain View School Dist. (2010)
     38:150 (WCAB)

Colamaria: see Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Colamaria)

Colleran v. WCAB (2010)
     38:140–41 (CA writ gtd.), 339 (CA op. noted)

Collins v. Plant Insulation Co. (2010) 185 CA4th 260, 1402h (mod.), 75 CCC 861
     38:125 (CA op.), 222 (CA op. mod.), 339 (SC rev. den.)

Collinwood v. Wausau Ins. Co. (2009)
     38:10 (WCAB); see also Burrtec Waste Indus. V. WCAB

Contra Costa County Fire Protection Dist. v. WCAB (Minvielle): see Minvielle v. County of Contra Costa

Cruz v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2010)
     38:40 (WCAB)

 

Dalrymple  v. Rubalcava (2010)
     38:17 (SC pub. den.)

Dennler  v. St. Paul Travelers Ins. Co. (2010)
     38:71 (WCAB)

Denny: see Securitas Security Services v. WCAB (Denny)

Doty Bros. Equipment Co. v. Palp, Inc. (2010)
     38:250 (CA op.)

Duenas v. WCAB (Ayala) (2010) 75 CCC 829
     38:205 (CA op.), 339 (SC & CA pub. den.)

Duncan v. WCAB (X.S. or XYZZX SJO2) (2010)
     38:61 (SC rev. gtd.)

Duncan (SIBTF) v. WCAB (May): see May v. West Valley/Mission College

 

E & J Gallo Winery v. WCAB (Garcia) (2010) 75 CCC 408
     38:111 (CA op. & writ den.)

El Aguila Food Products v. WCAB (Cervantes) (2010) 75 CCC 904 (writ den.)
    38:176 (CA writ den.), 240 (SC rev. den.)

Elliott v. WCAB (2010) 182 CA4th 355, 75 CCC 81
     38:29 (CA op.)

Elliott v. Zenith Ins. Co. (2010)
     38:302 (WCAB)

Euerle v. City of Santa Clara (2009)
     38:12 (WCAB)

Eutsey  v. City & County of San Francisco (2010)
     38:118 (WCAB)

 

Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Allen)  (2010) 181 CA4th 752, 75 CCC 1
     38:1 (CA op.)

Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Colamaria/CIGA) 189 CA4th 101, 990b (mod.), 75 CCC 1123
     38:36–37 (CA writ gtd.), 261 (CA op. & mod.), 294 (clarification), 339 (SC rev. pet.)

Flanagan v. Downey Regional Medical Center (2010)
     38:217 (WCAB)

Ford v. Gallo Glass Co. (2010)
     38:90 (WCAB)

Ford Constr. Co., Inc. v. WCAB (Newell) 75 CCC 953
     38:237 (CA op.), 339 (CA rhg. den. & SC rev. den.)

Fowler: see Gelson’s Markets v. WCAB (Fowler)

 

Garcia: see E & J Gallo Winery v. WCAB (Garcia)

Garcia (or Mariah G.) v. Oceans Sports Bar, Inc. (2010)
     38:129 (CA op.), 339 (SC pub. den.)

Gelson’s Markets v. WCAB (Fowler) (2010)
     38:3 (SC rev. den.)

Gillispie v. Plastech (Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund) (2010)
     38:304 (WCAB)

Greer v. Safeway, Inc. (2010) 
    38:139 (CA op.; SC pet. den.; CA req. den.), 339 (SC rev. den.)

Griffin: see California Highway Patrol (State Comp. Ins. Fund) v. WCAB (Griffin)

Guerrero v. Zenith Ins. Co. (2010)
     38:93 (WCAB)

Guevara: see Zurich North America v. WCAB (Guevara)

Guzman: see Milpitas Unif. School Dist. v. WCAB (Guzman)

 

Hall v. Warren Pumps LLC (2010)
     38:75 (CA op.), 339 (SC rev. gtd.)

Hancock: see State Comp. Ins. Fund v. WCAB (Hancock) (2010)

Harris-Boyd v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. (2010)
     38:120 (WCAB)

Henkel v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2010)
     38:218 (WCAB)

Hertz Corp. v. WCAB (Aguilar) (2010)
     38:109 (SC rev. dsm’l), 171 (SC pub. den.)

Hunt: see Bigge Crane & Rigging v. WCAB (Hunt)

 

Ilic: see Sedgwick Claims Mgmt. Services v. WCAB (Ilic)

Interstate Fire & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Cleveland Wrecking Co. (2010) 182 CA4th 23, 75 CCC 265
     38:46 (CA op.)

Ioane v. Great Divide Ins. Co. (2010)
     38:242 (WCAB)

 

Jackson v. City of Los Angeles Dept. of Transportation (2010)
     38:306 (WCAB)

 

Kaplan v. Reiner (2010) 75 CCC 967
     38:249 (CA op.), 339 (SC rev. den.)

Koszdin v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2010) 186 CA4th 480, 75 CCC 711 
    38:139 (CA op. noted), 169 (CA op.), 339 (SC rev. den.)

Krause v. WCAB (2010) 75 CCC 683
     38:175 (CA op.), 339 (SC rev. den.)

 

Lara v. WCAB (2010) 182 CA4th 393, 75 CCC 91
     38:32 (CA op.), 111 (SC rev. den.)

Leprino Foods v. WCAB (Barela) (2010) 75 CCC 415
     38:83 (CA op.)

Lewis v. Pepper Constr. Co. Pacific (2010)
     38:51 (CA op.), 339 (SC rev. gtd.)

Livengood v. WCAB (2010) 75 CCC 690
     38:171 (CA op.)

Lobo v. Tamco (2010) 182 CA4th 297, 75 CCC 286
     38:19–20 (CA op.), 48 (CA op. mod. & pub. gtd.), 339 (SC rev. den.)

Los Angeles County Fire Dept. v. WCAB (Norton) (2010) 184 CA4th 1287, 75 CCC 421
     38:107 (CA op.)

Luckman Partnership, Inc. v. Superior Court (Ramsey) (2010) 184 CA4th 30
     38:96 (CA op.)

 

MacNeil v. Petaluma City Junior High School Dist. (2010)
     38:88 (WCAB)

McCann v. Foster Wheeler LLC (2010) 48 C4th 68
     38:45 (SC op.), 312 (CA op.), 339 (CA rhg. den.)

McKnight: see Children’s Hosp. & Research Center Oakland v. WCAB (McKnight)

 

Maldonado v. Zurich American Ins. Co. (2010)
     38:271 (WCAB)

Mariah G.: see Garcia v. Oceans Sports Bar, Inc.

Martinez v. City of Anaheim (2010)
     38:244 (WCAB)

Martinez-Reyes  v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2010)
     38:68 (WCAB)

May v. West Valley/Mission College (2010) 75 CCC 1195 (writ den.)
     38:244 (WCAB & CA writ den.))

Medina v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2010)
     38:182 (WCAB)

Meeks Building Centers v. WCAB (Najjar) (2010)
     38:339 (CA writ gtd.); see also Najjar v. Zurich American Ins. Co.

Mendoza  v. Huntington Hosp. & Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. (2010) 75 CCC 634, 1204 (writ den.)
     38:115 (WCAB en banc), 273 (CA writ den.), 339 (SC rev. den.)

Menicucci v. Department of Transportation (State of California) (2010)
     38:272 (WCAB)

Merrill v. Leslie Controls, Inc. (2010)
     38:17 (SC rev. gtd.), 339 (SC bankruptcy stay)

Milan v. City of Holtville (2010) 186 CA4th 1028 (depub. op.)
     38:186 (CA op.), 250 (SC rev. den. & depub.)

Milpitas Unified School Dist. v. WCAB (Guzman) 187 CA4th 808, 75 CCC 837
     38:36 (CA writ gtd.), 197 (CA op.), 265 (SC rev. den.)

Minvielle v. County of Contra Costa (2010) 75 CCC 896 (writ. den.)
     38:7 (WCAB), 263 (SC & CA rev. den.)

Miranda v. Bomel Constr. Co. (2010) 187 CA4th 1326
     38:221 (CA op.), 339 (SC rev. den.)

Motherall v. WCAB 
     38:37 (CA writ gtd.)

Moyers v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2010)
     38:70 (WCAB)

 

Najjar v. Zurich American Ins. Co. (2010)
     38:216 (WCAB); see also Meeks Building Centers v. WCAB (Najjar) for writ grant

Narayan v. EGL. Inc. (9th Cir 2010) 616 F3d 895, 75 CCC 724
     38:190 (9th Cir. op.), 222 (9th Cir. op. mod.)

Navarette: see Sunline Transit Agency v. Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1277 (Navarette)

Newell: see Ford Constr. Co., Inc. v. WCAB (Newell)

Norcal Waste Systems, Inc. v. Department of Transportation (2010)
     38:188–89 (CA op.)

Norton: see Los Angeles County Fire Dept. v. WCAB (Norton)

 

Ochoa v. Liberty Ins. Co. (2010)
     38:89 (WCAB)

Ogilvie v. WCAB (2010)
     38:206–07 (CA writ gtd.) [see also City & County of San Francisco v. WCAB (Ogilvie)]

O’Reilly v. Department of Corrections (2010)
     38:275 (WCAB)

 

Padilla v. Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Auth. (2010)
     38:181 (WCAB), 339 (pet. for writ filed)

Palp, Inc. (dba Excel Paving): see Doty Bros. Equipment Co. v. Palp, Inc.

Paredes: see Alvarez (Paredes, dec’d) v. WCAB

Patel: see People v. Patel (2010)

Patrick v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2010)
     38:153 (WCAB)

People v. Patel (2010)
     38:304 (CA op. noted)

People v. Waterman (2010) 75 CCC 129
     38:86 (CA op.)

Perez Garcia v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2010)
     38:154 (WCAB)

Pini v. County of Fresno (2010)
     38:277 (WCAB)

Polanco v. Truck Ins. Exch. (2010) 75 CCC 594
     38:129–30 (CA op.)

 

Quinn v. Macy’s West (2009)
     38:42 (WCAB)

 

Ramirez v. WCAB (One Beacon Ins. Co./Drive Financial Services (2010)
     38:339 (CA writ den. & SC rev. den.)

Ramsey: see Luckman Partnership, Inc. v. Superior Court (Ramsey)

Rasura  v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2009)
     38:44 (WCAB)

Rendon: see Trimas Corp. v. WCAB (Rendon)

Rojas v. American Home Assurance Co. (2010)
     38:122 (WCAB)

Rojas: see Allied Waste Industries, Inc. v. WCAB (Rojas)

 

Saller v. Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. (2010) 187 CA4th 1220
     38:247 (CA op.), 339 (SC rev. den.)

Sameyah v. Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Ass’n (2010) 190 CA4th 199, 75 CCC 1384
     38:291 (CA op.)

San Francisco Unif. School Dist. v. WCAB (Cardozo) (2010) 190 CA4th 1, 75 CCC 1251
     38:27 (CA writ gtd.), 289 (CA op.)

Sanchez v. WCAB (2010) 74 CCC 1441
     38:5 (CA op.)

Seabright Ins. Co. v. U.S. Airways, Inc. (Verdon Lujan, Intervenor) (2010) 183 CA4th 219, 75 CCC 322
     38:73 (CA op.), 339 (SC rev. gtd.)

Securitas Security Services v. WCAB (Denny) (2010)
     38:141 (CA writ gtd.), 339 (CA dis’l)

Sedgwick Claims Mgmt. Services v. WCAB (Ilic) (2010)
     38:270 (CA writ gtd.)

Shini v. Farmers Santa Ana (2010)
     38:38 (WCAB)

Singh v. Southland Stone U.S.A., Inc. (2010) 186 CA4th 338
     38:159 (CA op.), 339 (SC rev. den.)

Solano County Probation Dept. v. WCAB (Aguilar) (2010)
    38:299–300 (CA writ gtd.)
, 339 (CA op. noted)

Speight v. Zurich North American Ins. Co. (2010)
     38:208 (WCAB)

State Comp. Ins. Fund v. WCAB (Griffin) (2010)
    38:176 (CA writ gtd.); see also
California Highway Patrol v. WCAB (Griffin)

State Comp. Ins. Fund v. WCAB (Hancock) (2010)
    38:296 (CA op.)

State Farm Ins. Co. WCAB (Apparicio) (2010)
     38:207 (CA writ gtd.)

Steller v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. (2010) 189 CA4th 175, 75 CCC 1146
     38:279 (CA op.)

Stewart v. Union Carbide Corp. (2010) 190 CA4th 23
     38:309 (CA op.), 339 (CA rhg. den. & SC rev. & depub. pdg..)

Stiefel v. Bechtel Corp. (9th Cir 2010) 624 F3d 1240
     38:308 (9th Cir. op.)

Suarez v. Pacific Northstar Mechanical, Inc.  (2009) 180 CA4th 430, 75 CCC 33
     38:16 (CA op.), 339 (SC rev. & depub. den.)

Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund: see Gillispie v. Plastech (Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund)

Sunline Transit Agency v. Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1277 (Navarette) (2010) 189 CA4th 292, 75 CCC 1155
     38:281 (CA op.)

 

Tapia v. Dresden (2010) 75 CCC 973
     38:223 (CA op.), 339 (SC rev. den.)

Torretta v. Naltsas (2010) 75 CCC 984
     38:248 (CA op.)

Trimas Corp. v. WCAB (Rendon) (2010) 75 CCC 856
     38:173 (CA op.)

Tverberg v. Fillner Constr. (2010) 49 C4th 518, 75 CCC 702
     38:157 (SC op.)

 

Verdon Lujan: see Seabright Ins. Co. v. U.S. Airways, Inc. (Verdon Lujan, Intervenor)

Vervalin v. Travelers Ins. Co. (2010)
     38:178 (WCAB)

 

Walton v. William Powell Co. (2010) 183 CA4th 1470
     38:95 (CA op.), 339 (SC rev. gtd.)

Washington v. County of Los Angeles (2010)
     38:123 (WCAB)

Waterman: see People v. Waterman

Weiner v. Ralphs Co. (2010)
     38:33 (writ den.)

Whitmire v. Ingersoll-Rand Co. (2010) 184 CA4th 1078
     38:98 (CA op.), 339 (CA pub. gtd.)

Wildey v. State (USDC SD Cal 2010 ) (07cv1154 JM)
     38:59 (USDC op.)

 

X.S. or XYZZX SJO2: See Duncan v. WCAB (X.S. or XYZZX SJO2)

 

Zoucha v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. (2010)
     38:64 (WCAB)

Zurich Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Goodrich) (2010) 75 CCC 552 (writ. den.)
     38:339 (writ den.)

Zurich North America v. WCAB (Guevara) (2010)
     38:6 (CA op.)