Cases
Reported in CWCR During 2007
© 2008 California Workers' Compensation Reporter
[Cases covered in 35 CWCR 1–354—
through the January 2008 issue]
35:349 (CA op. & SC rev. den.)
Agredano
v. WCAB (2007) 72
35:112 (CA op.)
Aguilera: see
Heiman v. WCAB (Aguilera)
Amar: see Smith
(and Amar) v. WCAB
Ambicki v. Chevron
Corp. (2007)
35:220 (AD)
An
Independent Home Support Service, Inc. v. Superior Court (State Comp. Ins.
Fund) (2006)
145 CA4th 1418, 71
35:34–35 (CA op.)
Andersen
v. WCAB (2007) 149 CA4th 1369, 72
35:109 (CA op.)
Arciga
v. WCAB (2007) 72
35:7 (CA op.)
Astudillo v.
Duggleby (2007) 72
35:276 (CA op.), 349 (SC rev. den)
Audiss v. City of
35:123 (WCAB)
Azizi: see Zenith
Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Azizi)
Babbitt v. Golden
Eagle Ins. Co. (Ow Jing) (2007) 72
35:17 (WCAB en banc)
Baglione v.
35:21 (WCAB en banc), 121 (WCAB en banc)
Bakersfield
City School Dist. v. WCAB (Boyd) (2007) 72
35:266 (CA op.)
Baptista: see City
of
Barr
v. WCAB (2007)
35:120 (CA writ gtd.)
Beck v.
35:296 (WCAB)
Bed,
35:268 (CA writ gtd.), 349 (CA op. noted)
Bedoy: see
Signature Fruit Co. v. WCAB (Bedoy)
Beltran v. Kelly
Services (2006)
35:62 (WCAB)
Boyd: see
Bakersfield City School Dist. v. WCAB (Boyd)
Bridges v.
35:294 (WCAB)
Brodie v. WCAB
(2007) 40 C4th 1313, 72
35:51 (SC argument set), 117 (SC op. noted), 143
(SC op.)
Brooks
v. WCAB (2007)
35:290–91 (CA writ gtd.)
Brooks: see City of
Browning-Ferris
Industries v. WCAB (Salter) (2006)
35:5 (SC rev. gtd.), 349 (SC trans. to CA)
Brumley
v.
35:299 (CA op.), 321 (CA op. mod. & reh.
den.)
Bryer: see
Travelers Indem. Co. of Ill. v. WCAB (Bryer)
Bunch
v.
35:133–34 (CA op.)
Burnett: see
Sacramento County Office of Education v. WCAB (Burnett) (2007)
Burnham
v. WCAB (2007)
35:240–41 (CA writ gtd.)
Cadlo
v. Metalclad Insulation Corp. (2007) 151 CA4th 1311
35:190 (CA op.), 349 (SC rev. den.)
35:205 (CA op.)
35:47 (CA op.), 349 (SC pub. den.)
35:203 (CA op.)
Cassady
v. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (2007) 145 CA4th 220, 764b
35:100 (CA op.)
Century
Nat’l Ins. Co. v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2006)
35:33 (CA op. & rhg. den.)
Chang v. WCAB
(2007) 153 CA4th 750, 72
35:10 (CA writ gtd.), 209 (CA op. in brief)
Chavez v. WCAB
(2007) 72
35:89 (CA op. denying writ)
Chavez: see Costco
Wholesale Corp. v. WCAB (Chavez)
Cherry: see Valley
Behavioral Health Network v. WCAB (Cherry)
Chevron
35:51 (SC rev. gtd.), 349 (SC trans. to CA; CA
remand to WCAB)
City
of
35:267 (CA op.)
City
of
35:241 (CA writ gtd.), 287 (CA op.), 309 (cert.
for pub.)
City of
35:179 (CA writ gtd., remand to WCAB)
City of
35:51 (SC rev. gtd.); 349 (SC trans. to CA; CA
remand to WCAB)
City
of
35:10 (CA writ gtd.), 235 (CA op.), 349 (SC pub.
den.)
City of
35:119–20 (CA writ gtd.), 349 (dis’d after
settlement)
City
of
35:208 (CA op.)
35:310 (CA op.)
Clink: see
Collier: see
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. WCAB (Collier)
Costa
v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (Hardy Diagnostic) (2006) 71
35:12 (WCAB en banc), 313 (WCAB en banc after
recon.)
Costa: see Bed,
Costco
Wholesale Corp. v. WCAB (Chavez) (2007) 151 CA4th 148, 1101f, 72
35:55–56 (CA writ gtd.), 147 (CA op.), 181 (CA op.
mod.)
35:210–11 (CA writ gtd.)
35:56 (CA writ gtd.), 285 (CA op.)
35:45 (CA op.)
35:5 (SC rev. gtd.), 349 (SC trans. to CA; CA
remand to WCAB)
Cruz v. Auto
Dealers Comp. of Calif. (Mercedes-Benz) (2007) 72
35:243 (WCAB en banc noted), 268 (WCAB en banc)
CSAC Excess Ins.
Authority v. Commission on State Mandates (2006) 72
35:7 (CA op.) 349 (SC rev. den.)
Cugini: see Zenith
Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Cugini)
35:58 (WCAB)
Davis (and Torres)
v. WCAB
35:5 (SC pet. for rev.), 349 (SC rev.dismissed)
DeLeon: see City of
De
Santiago v. D and G Plumbing, Inc. (2007) 155 CA4th 365
35:275 (CA op.))
Doody
v. WCAB (2006) 71
35:85 (CA op.)
35:157 (WCAB)
Duckett: see
DuFour
v. WCAB (2007) 72
35:238 (CA op.)
Duncan
(UEBTF Administrator) v. WCAB (Silva) (2007)
35:291 (CA writ gtd.)
E. L. Yeager
Constr. v. WCAB (Gatten) (2006) 145 CA4th 922, 71
35:3 (CA cert. for pub.)
Echeverria: see
State Comp. Ins. Fund v. WCAB (Echeverria)
Ehret v. State (
35:96 (WCAB)
Elk
Grove Unif.
School Dist. v. WCAB (Stroth) (2007) 72
35:114 (CA op.)
Elmore
v. WCAB (2007) 72
35:55 (CA op.)
Energetic Painting
and Drywall, Inc. v. WCAB (Ramirez) (2007) 153 CA4th 633, 72
35:209 (CA op. in brief)
Epsilon Plastics,
Inc. (
35:313 (CA writ gtd.), 349 (CA order annulling
and remanding)
Erickson v.
Southern Calif. Permanente Medical Group (2006) 72
35:29 (WCAB sig. pan.
dec.)
Evard
v.
35:221 (CA op.), 349 (SC rev. den.)
Evets: see Trader
Joe’s v. WCAB (Evets)
Fabry v. ACE
Workers’ Compensation (2007)
35:183 (WCJ order)
Facundo-Guerrero v.
Argonaut Ins. Co. (2007)
35:315 (WCAB)
Farmers
Ins. Group v. WCAB (
35:6 (CA op.)
Faulkner: see
George Reed, Inc. v. WCAB (Faulkner)
Faust
v. California Portland Cement Co. (2007) 150 CA4th 864
35:162 (CA op.)
Federal Express v.
WCAB (Uhlik) (2006) 71
35:9 (CA op. denying writ)
Fitzpatrick v. WCAB
(2007)
35:212 (CA writ gtd.), 310 (CA arg. noted)
Gallo
v. WCAB (2007) 72
35:289 (CA op.), 349 (SC rev. den.)
Garcia
v. Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (2007)
35:164 (CA op.)
Garcia
v. Helmsman Management Services, Inc. (2007) 72
35:67 (CA op.)
Gatten: see E. L.
Yeager Construction v. WCAB (Gatten)
Genlyte Group v.
WCAB (Zavala) (2007)
35:268 (CA writ gtd.), 349 (CA op. noted)
George Reed, Inc.
v. WCAB (Faulkner) (2006) 71
35:9 (CA op. denying writ)
Gilliland v.
Safeway, Inc. (2007)
35:271 (WCAB)
Girardot: see State
Comp. Ins. Fund v. WCAB (McMahon, Administrator for Girardot)
Gonzalez v.
Californis Ins. Guar. Ass’n (2007)
35:273 (WCAB)
Gossett
v. WCAB (Morrow-Meadows Corp.) (2007) 72
35:194 (CA writ den.
noted)
Green
v. State (2007) 42 C4th 254
35:250 (SC op.), 349 (rhg. den.)
Green Valley
Landscaping v. WCAB (Hernandez) (2007)
35:290 (CA writ gtd.), 349 (proposed C&R
filed)
Gunzenhauser
v. WCAB (2007) 72
35:238 (CA op.)
Gury
v.
35:253 (CA op.)
Gutierrez: see
California Ins. Guar. Ass’n v. WCAB (Gutierrez)
35:247 (AD)
Hansen: see Health Net , Inc. v. WCAB (Hansen)
Hawkins
v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (Amberwood Prods.) (2007) 72
35:183 (WCAB en banc)
Health Net , Inc. v. WCAB (Hansen) (2007) 72
35:240 (CA op. in brief), 349 (SC rev. den.)
Heiman
v. WCAB (Aguilera) (2007) 149 CA4th 724, 72
35:81 (CA op.), 111 (CA op. mod. & pub.)
Helm: see
Washington Mut. Bank v. WCAB (Helm)
Henkel v. State
Comp. Ins. Fund (2007)
35:188 (WCAB)
Hernandez
v. C. DeGroot & Sons (2007)
35:322 (CA op.)
Hernandez v.
35:155 (WCAB)
Hernandez: see
California Ins. Guar. Ass’n v. WCAB (Hernandez)
Hernandez: see
Green Valley Landscaping v. WCAB (Hernandez)
Hill
v.
35:67 (CA op.)
Ho: see City of
Hodgman
(Prokosch) v. WCAB (2007) 155 CA4th 44, 72
35:120 (CA writ gtd.), 259 (CA op.), 349 (SC rev.
& pub. den.)
Hofmann
v. Superior Court (Merritt) (2007)
35:132 (CA op.)
35:262 (CA op.)
Hughes v. Octagon
Risk Services (2007)
35:246 (AD)
Huseman
v. Icicle Seafoods, Inc. (9th Cir. 2006) 471 F3d 1116
35:63 (USCA op.)
35:180 (CA op.)
InfiNet
Marketing Services, Inc. v. American Motorists Ins. Co. (2007) 150 CA4th 168
35:160 (CA op.)
35:215 (WCAB)
Jacopo: see
Signature Fruit Co. v. WCAB (Jacopo)
Joiner v. WCAB
(2007) 72
35:210 (CA op. in brief)
Jones v. ACE
American Ins. Co. (2007)
35:241 (WCAB)
Jones
v. Department of Corrections (2007) 152 CA4th 1367, 72
35:222 (CA op.)
Kastning v. Allied
Distributing
35:245 (WCAB)
King
v. United Parcel Service (2007) 152 CA4th 426
35:192 (CA op.)
Kinsman
v. Unocal Corp. (2007)
35:194 (CA op.), 349 (SC rev. den.)
Koscki
v. Herbert (2007) 72
35:322 (CA op.)
Laing
v. WCAB (2007) 72
35:119 (CA writ gtd.), 175 (CA op.)
Lamers
v. WCAB (2007) 72
35:152 (CA op.)
Lanning: see
Minatta Transportation Co. v. WCAB (Lanning)
Lean: see
Lee: see Chevron
Leprino
Foods v. WCAB (Owens) (2007) 72
35:151 (CA op.)
Lewis
v.
35:133 (CA op.)
Linam v. WCAB
(2007) 72
35:86 (CA op. denying writ)
Little
v. WCAB (2007) 72
35:311 (CA op.)
Lopez
v. MVP Hydratech, Inc. (2007) 72
35:194 (CA op.)
Lopez v. WCAB: see
Brodie v. WCAB
Lopez: see Tanimura
& Antle v. WCAB (Lopez)
Lyngso
Garden Materials, Inc. v. WCAB (Ruiz) (2007) 72
35:236 (CA op.), 349 (SC pub. den.)
McGuire v.
35:90 (WCAB)
McKinley: see
Ramallah, Inc. v. WCAB (McKinley)
McKinnon
v. Otis Elevator Co. (2007) 149 CA4th 1125, 72
35:128 (CA op.)
McMahon: see State
Comp. Ins. Fund v. WCAB (McMahon, Administrator for Girardot)
Magana v. Wausau
Business Ins. Co. (2007)
35:242 (WCAB)
Malais
v.
35:130 (CA op.), 349 (SC pet. for rev. den.)
Mariscal: see
Marsh v. WCAB
(2007) 72
35:87 (CA op. denying writ)
35:4 (CA op. clarified)
Merritt: see
Hofmann v. Superior Court (Merritt)
Milivojevich v.
United Airlines, Inc. (2007)
35:317 (WCAB)
Millard
v. Biosources, Inc. (2007) 156 CA4th 1338, 72
35:319 (CA op.)
Miller
v. Filter (2007) 150 CA4th 652
35:163 (CA op.)
Miller
v. Union
35:32 (CA op.)
Minatta
Transportation Co. v. WCAB (Lanning) (2007) 72
35:209 (CA op. in brief)
Mohamed v.
Exxon-Mobil Corp. (2006)
35:59 (WCAB)
Morales
Zavala v. Jones (2007) 72
35:194–95 (CA op.)
Muna
v. WCAB (2007) 72
35:263 (CA op.)
Myers
v. Trendwest Resorts, Inc. (2007) 148 CA4th 1403
35:98 (CA op.)
Nestle Ice Cream
Co. v. WCAB (Ryerson) (2007) 146 CA4th 1104, 72
35:3 (CA op.)
Nielson: see City
of
35:272 (WCAB)
Olsen: see Scott
Pontiac GMC v. WCAB (Olsen)
Oneto: see Savemart
Stores, Inc. v. WCAB (Oneto)
Owens: see Leprino
Foods v. WCAB (Owens)
Pellerin
v.
35:64 (CA op.)
Pendergrass v.
State Comp. Ins. Fund (Duggan Plumbing) (2007) 72
35:26 (WCAB en banc), 124 (WCAB en banc)
Perrillo
v. Picco & Presley (2007) 157 CA4th 914
35:320 (CA op.)
Phillips
v. WCAB (2007) 72
35:117 (CA op.)
Power Fabricating , Inc. v.
35:301 (CA op.)
Prachasaisoradej
v. Ralphs Grocery Co., Inc. (2007) 42 C4th 217, 72
35:248 (SC op.)
Prokosch: see
Hodgman (Prokosch) v. WCAB (2007)
Puga
v. WCAB (2007) 72
35:54 (CA op.)
Ramallah,
Inc. v. WCAB (McKinley) (2007) 72
35:181 (CA op.)
Ramirez: see
Energetic Painting and Drywall, Inc. v. WCAB (Ramirez)
Ramos: see City of
Rash
v. WCAB (2007) 72
35:10–11 (CA writ gtd.), 178 (CA op.)
Reddrick: see
Tenet/Doctors Med. Ctr. v. WCAB (Reddrick)
Reyes v. Van Elk,
Ltd. (2007) 148 CA4th 604
35:83 (CA op. in brief)
Roby
v. McKesson HBOC (2007)
35:131 (SC rev. gtd.)
Rodas v. Travelers Cas. and surety
35:156 (WCAB), 200 (clarification)
Rodriguez v.
innovative Claims solutions (2007)
35:220 (AD)
Romero v. Costco
Wholesale (2007) 72
35:186 (WCAB sig. pan.
dec.)
Ryerson: see Nestle
Ice Cream Co. v. WCAB (Ryerson)
Ruiz: see Lyngso
Garden Materials, Inc. v. WCAB (Ruiz)
Ruvalcaba v. State
comp. Ins. Fund (2007)
35:92 (WCAB)
35:206 (CA op.)
Sallay v. Macy’s
West (2007)
35:189 (WCAB)
Salmon
v. Department of Transportation (State of
35:49 (CA writ den.)
Salter: see
Browning-Ferris Industries v. WCAB (Salter)
Sambat v. United
Airlines (2006)
35:158 (WCAB)
San Francisco
Marriott v. WCAB (Yamat) (2007) 72
35:210 (CA op. in brief)
Sandhagen: see
State Comp. Ins. Fund v. WCAB (Sandhagen)
Sarabi
v. WCAB (2007) 151 CA4th 920, 72
35:150 (CA op.)
Savemart Stores,
Inc. v. WCAB (Oneto) (2006) 71
35:10 (CA op. denying writ)
Schaer
v.
35:126 (WCAB)
Scheuring
v. Traylor Brothers, Inc. (9th Cir. 2007) 476 F3d 781
35:97 (USCA op.)
Schroeder: see
Schryer v.
35:291 (WCAB)
Scott
Pontiac GMC v. WCAB (Olsen) (2007) 72
35:11–12 (CA writ gtd.), 84 (CA op.)
Serrano
v. WCAB (2007) 72
35:312 (CA op.)
Setterberg
v. Metalclad Insulation Corp. (2007)
35:166 (CA op.)
Shank v. WCAB
(2006) 71
35:9 (CA op. denying writ)
35:216 (WCAB)
Sharareh
v. WCAB (2007) 156 CA4th 189, 72
35:283 (CA op.)
Shayesteh
v. Abbott Labs. (2006)
35:28 (CA writ den.
noted)
Shevchuk v. WCAB
(2007)
35:51 (SC rev. gtd.), 349 (SC trans. to CA; CA
vacates writ)
35:49 (CA op.)
Signature
Fruit Co. v. WCAB (Bedoy) (2006) 71
35:6 (CA writ gtd. & op.)
Signature
Fruit Co. v. WCAB (Jacobo) (2006) 71
35:6 (CA writ gtd. & op.)
Silva: see Duncan
(UBF Administrator) v. WCAB (Silva)
Simkovich
v. Evans (2007)
35:66 (CA op.)
Smith v.
35:318 (WCAB)
Smith (and Amar) v.
WCAB (2007) 146 CA4th 1032, 72
35:4 (CA op.), 113 (SC rev. gtd.)
Smith: see
Snezek: see
California Horse Racing Board v. WCAB (Snezek)
SoftEx, Inc. v.
American Int’l Group, Inc. (2007) 72
35:224 (CA op.); 349 (SC rev. den.
& depub. req. den.)
Squaglia
v. Mascitto (2007) 72
35:165 (CA op.)
State Comp. Ins.
Fund v. WCAB (Echeverria) (2007) 146 CA4th 1311, 72
35:1 (CA op.)
State Comp. Ins.
Fund v. WCAB (McMahon, Admin. for Girardot) (2007) 72
35:87 (CA op. in brief), 349 (SC rev. & pub.
den.)
State Comp. Ins.
Fund v. WCAB (Sandhagen) (2007)
35:5 (SC rev. gtd.)
Stokes v.
Department of Mental Health (
35:213 (WCAB sig. pan.
dec.)
Strong v. WCAB: see
Brodie v. WCAB
Stroth: see Elk
Grove Unif. School Dist. v. WCAB (Stroth)
Sutton
v. WCAB (2007) 72
35:264 (CA op.)
Syrek
v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc. (2007)
35:31 (CA op.)
Tanimura &
Antle v. WCAB (Lopez) (2007) 157 CA4th 1489, 72
35:312 (CA op.), 349 (pub. order)
Tenet/Doctors
Med. Ctr. v. WCAB (Reddrick) (2007) 72
35:290 (CA writ gtd.)
Torres: see Davis
(and Torres) v.
WCAB
Toshi
v. WCAB (2007) 72
35:115 (CA op.)
Trader
Joe’s
35:10 (CA writ gtd.), 51 (CA op.), 349 (SC pub.
den.)
Travelers
Indem. Co. of Ill. v. WCAB (Bryer) (2007) 72
35:267 (CA op.)
Tse v. Intercare
Services (2007)
35:220 (AD)
Uhlik: see Federal
Express v. WCAB (Uhlik)
Uninsured
Employers’ Benefits Trust Fund: see Duncan (UEBTF Administrator) v. WCAB
(Silva)
35:210 (CA op. in brief)
Vaccaro v. State
comp. Ins. Fund (2007)
35:247 (AD)
Vaira
v. WCAB (2007) 72
35:307 (CA op.), 349 (CA pub. req. den.)
Valadez
v. WCAB (2007) 72
35:312 (CA op.)
Valley Behavioral
Health Network v. WCAB (Cherry) (2006) 71
35:9 (CA op. denying writ)
Van Ness v.
Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co. (2007)
35:295 (WCAB)
Vega v. Barrett
Business Services (2007)
35:244 (WCAB)
Vera
v. WCAB (2007) 154 CA4th 996, 72
35:10 (CA writ gtd.), 233 (CA op.)
Verga
v. WCAB (2007)
35:211–12 (CA writ gtd.), 313 (set for arg.)
Vierra
v. WCAB (2007) 154 CA4th 1142, 72
35:12 (CA writ gtd.), 231 (CA op.)
35:290 (CA writ gtd.)
Wallen v. Golden
Eagle Ins. Co. (2007)
35:94 (WCAB)
Wal-Mart
Stores, Inc. v. WCAB (Collier) (2007) 72
35:52 (CA op.)
35:210 (CA op. in brief)
Wehrenberg
v.
35:56 (WCAB)
Welcher v. WCAB:
see Brodie v. WCAB
White
v. Capco Resource Corp. (2007)
35:300 (CA op.)
Williams v.
Genentech, Inc. (2007)
35:349 (SC rev. dis’d)
Williams v. WCAB:
see Brodie v. WCAB
Wixom v. City of
35:217 (WCAB)
Wragg: see Virginia
Surety, Inc. v. WCAB (Wragg)
Wright
v. Issak (2007) 149 CA4th 1116, 72
35:129 (CA op.)
Yamat: see San
Francisco Marriott v. WCAB (Yamat)
Zavala: see Genlyte
Group v. WCAB (Zavala)
Zavala: see Morales
Zavala v. Jones
Zenith
Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Azizi) (2007) 153 CA4th 461, 72
35:177 (CA op.), 209 (cert. for pub.)
Zenith
Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Cugini) (2007)
35:268 (CA writ gtd.)
Zenith Ins. Co. v.
WCAB (
35:240 (CA op. in brief)