Cases
Reported in CWCR During 2010
© 2011 California Workers' Compensation Reporter
[February–December 2010—38 CWCR 1–340; updated
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
38:62 (CA writ gtd.), 108 (CA op. & rhg. gtd.), 202 (CA op.), 339 (CA rhg.
den.)
Ambrose v. Coffey (
38:83 (
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
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
38:50 (CA op.)
Barela: see Leprino
Foods v. WCAB (Barela)
Bazzini v. Technicolor, Inc. (2010)
75
38:18 (CA op.)
Bigge Crane & Rigging v. WCAB
(Hunt) 188 CA4th 1330, 75
38:62–63 (CA writ gtd.), 233 (CA op.)
Blackledge v. ACE American Ins. Co.
(Bank of America) (2010) 75
38:117 (WCAB en banc noted), 142 (WCAB en banc)
Blumenfeld v. Qualcomm, Inc. (2010)
38:283 (CA op.)
Boatman v. Town of
38:9 (WCAB)
Borges v. WCAB (
38:301 (WCAB), 339 (CA writ den.)
Brache v.
38:239 (WCAB)
Brown v. Cassens Transport Co. (
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 (
38:294 (CA op.); see also State Comp. Ins. Fund v. WCAB (
38:137 (July) (CA op.), 339 (cost order mod.)
Cardozo: see San
Francisco Unified School Dist. v. WCAB (Cardozo)
Carroll v.
38:177 (WCAB)
Catholic Healthcare
West v.
38:17 (SC depub. den.)
Cervantes: see El
Aquila Food Products v. WCAB (Cervantes)
Chavez v. City of
38:15 (SC op.)
Children’s Hosp.
& Research Center Oakland v. WCAB (McKnight) (2010) 75
38:114 (CA writ gtd.), 235 (CA op. noted), 267
(CA op. & writ of mandate)
City & County
of
38:206–07 (CA writ gtd.) [see also Ogilvie v.
WCAB]
City of
38:59 (CA op.), 339 (CA mod. den. & SC depub. den.)
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
38:125 (CA op.), 222 (CA op. mod.), 339 (SC rev.
den.)
Collinwood v.
38:10 (WCAB); see also Burrtec
Waste Indus. V. WCAB
Cruz v. State Comp.
Ins. Fund (2010)
38:40 (WCAB)
Dalrymple v. Rubalcava (2010)
38:17 (SC pub. den.)
Dennler v.
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
38:205 (CA op.), 339 (SC & CA pub. den.)
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
38:111 (CA op. & writ den.)
El Aguila Food Products v. WCAB (Cervantes) (2010) 75
38:176 (CA writ den.), 240 (SC rev. den.)
Elliott v. WCAB
(2010) 182 CA4th 355, 75
38:29 (CA op.)
Elliott v. Zenith
Ins. Co. (2010)
38:302 (WCAB)
Euerle v. City of
38:12 (WCAB)
Eutsey v. City & County of
38:118 (WCAB)
Fireman’s Fund Ins.
Co. v. WCAB (Allen) (2010) 181 CA4th
752, 75
38:1 (CA op.)
Fireman’s Fund Ins.
Co. v. WCAB (Colamaria/CIGA) 189 CA4th 101, 990b
(mod.), 75
38:36–37 (CA writ gtd.), 261 (CA op. & mod.),
294 (clarification), 339 (SC rev. pet.)
Flanagan v.
38:217 (WCAB)
Ford v. Gallo Glass
Co. (2010)
38:90 (WCAB)
Ford Constr. Co.,
Inc. v. WCAB (Newell) 75
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.)
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.
38:75 (CA op.), 339 (SC rev. gtd.)
Hancock: see State Comp. Ins. Fund v. WCAB
(Hancock) (2010)
Harris-Boyd v.
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.
38:46 (CA op.)
Ioane v. Great Divide Ins. Co.
(2010)
38:242 (WCAB)
38:306 (WCAB)
Kaplan v. Reiner
(2010) 75
38:249 (CA op.), 339 (SC rev. den.)
Koszdin v. State Comp. Ins. Fund
(2010) 186 CA4th 480, 75
38:139 (CA op. noted), 169 (CA op.), 339 (SC rev. den.)
Krause v. WCAB
(2010) 75
38:175 (CA op.), 339 (SC rev. den.)
Lara v. WCAB (2010)
182 CA4th 393, 75
38:32 (CA op.), 111 (SC rev. den.)
Leprino Foods v. WCAB (Barela) (2010) 75
38:83 (CA op.)
Lewis v. Pepper
Constr. Co. Pacific (2010)
38:51 (CA op.), 339 (SC rev. gtd.)
Livengood v. WCAB (2010) 75
38:171 (CA op.)
Lobo v. Tamco (2010) 182 CA4th 297, 75
38:19–20 (CA op.), 48 (CA op. mod. & pub.
gtd.), 339 (SC rev. den.)
38:107 (CA op.)
Luckman Partnership, Inc. v.
Superior Court (Ramsey) (2010) 184 CA4th 30
38:96 (CA op.)
MacNeil v.
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.
38:244 (WCAB)
Martinez-Reyes v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2010)
38:68 (WCAB)
May v. West
Valley/Mission College (2010) 75
38:244 (WCAB & CA writ den.))
38:182 (WCAB)
Meeks Building
Centers v. WCAB (Najjar) (2010)
38:339 (CA writ gtd.); see also Najjar v. Zurich American Ins. Co.
38:115 (WCAB en banc), 273 (CA writ den.), 339
(SC rev. den.)
Menicucci v. Department of
Transportation (State of
38:272 (WCAB)
Merrill v. Leslie
Controls, Inc. (2010)
38:17 (SC rev. gtd.), 339 (SC bankruptcy stay)
38:186 (CA op.), 250 (SC rev. den. & depub.)
Milpitas Unified
School Dist. v. WCAB (Guzman) 187 CA4th 808, 75
38:36 (CA writ gtd.), 197 (CA op.), 265 (SC rev.
den.)
Minvielle v.
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
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
38:86 (CA op.)
Perez Garcia v.
State Comp. Ins. Fund (2010)
38:154 (WCAB)
Pini v.
38:277 (WCAB)
Polanco v. Truck Ins. Exch. (2010)
75
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
38:247 (CA op.), 339 (SC rev. den.)
Sameyah v.
38:291 (CA op.)
38:27 (CA writ gtd.), 289 (CA op.)
Sanchez v. WCAB
(2010) 74
38:5 (CA op.)
Seabright Ins. Co. v. U.S. Airways,
Inc. (Verdon Lujan, Intervenor)
(2010) 183 CA4th 219, 75
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
38:38 (WCAB)
Singh v. Southland
Stone
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.
38:208 (WCAB)
State Comp. Ins. Fund v. WCAB (
38:176 (CA writ gtd.); see also California Highway Patrol v.
WCAB (
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
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
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
38:281 (CA op.)
Tapia v.
38:223 (CA op.), 339 (SC rev. den.)
Torretta v. Naltsas
(2010) 75
38:248 (CA op.)
Trimas Corp. v. WCAB (Rendon) (2010) 75
38:173 (CA op.)
Tverberg v. Fillner
Constr. (2010) 49 C4th 518, 75
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.)
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 (
38:59 (
X.S. or XYZZX SJO2:
See
Zoucha v.
38:64 (WCAB)
Zurich Ins. Co. v.
WCAB (Goodrich) (2010) 75
38:339 (writ den.)
38:6 (CA op.)