Cases Reported in CWCR During 2008
© 2008 California Workers' Compensation Reporter

[February through December 2008, 36 CWCR 1–300]

A. Teichert & Sons, Inc. v. WCAB (Barron) (2008)
     36:36–38 (CA writ gtd.)

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

Alexander: see Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation v. WCAB (Alexander)

Antelope Valley Press v. Poizner (State Comp. Ins. Fund) (2008) 162 CA4th 839, 1542c, 73 CCC 336, 610
     36:83 (CA op.), 107 (CA op. mod., hg. den.), 165 (SC rev. time extended)

Arriaga v. CitiCapital Commercial Corp. (2008) 167 CA4th 1527
     36:290 (CA op.)

Arteaga v. Brink’s, Inc. (2008) 163 CA4th 327, 73 CCC 819
     36:120 (CA op.)

Baldwin v. City of Daly City (2008)
     36:257 (WCAB)

Barr v. WCAB (2008) 164 CA4th 173, 73 CCC 763
     36:134 (CA op.)

Barron: see A. Teichert & Sons, Inc. v. WCAB (Barron)

Beal v. Royal & SunAlliance (2008)
     36:87 (WCAB)

Bed, Bath & Beyond v. WCAB (Costa) (2007) 72 CCC 1565
     36:31 (CA op.)

Benson v. WCAB (Permanente Medical Group) (2007/2008) 72 CCC 1620
     36:12 (WCAB en banc), 140 (CA writ gtd.)

Blackburn v. WCAB (2008) 73 CCC 995
     36:38 (CA writ gtd.), 171 (CA op.)

Boughner v. Zurich North America (2008) 73 CCC 854
     36:111 (WCAB en banc)

Brooks v. WCAB (2008) 161 CA4th 1522, 73 CCC 447
     36:79 (CA op.), 163 (SC rev. den.)

Brown v. City of Los Angeles (9th Cir.2008) 521 F3d 1238
     36:94 (9th Cir. op.)

Browning-Ferris Industries v. WCAB (Salter) (2008) 73 CCC 211
     36:36 (CA op.)

Burcar v. JPS Surface Solutions, Inc. (2008) 73 CCC 1025
     36:208 (CA op.)

Burnham v. WCAB (2008) 73 CCC 579
     36:106 (CA op.)

Cage v. City of Oakland (2008)
     36:141 (WCAB)

California Ins. Guar. Assn. v. WCAB (Carls) (2008) 163 CA4th 853, 73 CCC 771
     36:38–39 (CA writ gtd.), 136 (CA op.),

California Ins. Guar. Assn. v. WCAB (Thomas) (2008) 73 CCC 1077, 1519
     36:175 (CA writ gtd.), 252 (CA op.)

California Nurse Life Care Planning, Inc. v. WCAB (Escobedo) (2008) 73 CCC 1529
     36:279 (CA op.)

Calvillo v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. (2008)
     36:286 (WCAB)

Calvillo: see Los Angeles County Dept. of Parks & Recreation v. WCAB (Calvillo)

Capito v. Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Dept. (2007)
     36:90 (WCAB)

Carls: see California Ins. Guar. Assn. v. WCAB (Carls)

Carpenter v. Universal City Studios L.L.L.P. (2008) 73 CCC 96
     36:24 (CA op.), 264 (CA op.)

Carter v. AIG Ins. Co. (2008)
     36:142 (WCAB), 188 (email to editor)

Caso v. Nimrod Productions, Inc. (2008) 163 CA4th 881
     36:119 (CA op.)

Cassaday v. California Ins. Guar. Ass’n (CIGA) (2007)
     36:16 (WCAB)

Chaidez: see Sutter Memorial Hosp. v. WCAB (Chaidez)

Chavez v. City of Los Angeles (2008) 160 CA4th 410
     36:46 (CA op.), 121 (SC rev. gtd.)

Chin v. Namvar (2008) 166 CA4th 994, 73 CCC 1577
     36:236 (CA op.)

City of Fresno v. WCAB (Wilson) (2008) 73 CCC 1401
     36:226 (CA op.)

City of Los Angeles v. WCAB (Johnson) (2008)
     36:198 (CA writ gtd.)

City of Santa Ana v. WCAB (Smith) (2008) 73 CCC 460
     36:84 (CA op.), 164 (SC rev. den.)

Clark v. WCAB (2008) 73 CCC 587
     36:108 (CA op.)

Continerntal Casualty v. WCAB (Goodin) (2008)
     36:228 (CA writ gtd.)

Corona v. Zurich American Ins. Co. (2008)
     36:143 (WCAB)

Cortes v. WCAB (2008) 73 CCC 1289
     36:224 (CA op.)

Cortez v. Zurich North America (2007)
     36:41 (WCAB)

Costa: see Bed, Bath & Beyond v. WCAB (Costa)

County of Orange v. WCAB (Lean) (2008) 73 CCC 1
     36:35 (CA op.)

Crum v. City of Oakland (2008)
     36:91 (WCAB)

Cugini: see Zenith Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Cugini)

Dalerio: see Payless Shoe Source v. WCAB (Dalerio)

Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation v. WCAB (Alexander) (2008) 166 CA4th 911, 73 CCC 1294
     36:174–175 (CA writ gtd.), 221 (CA op.)

Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) v. WCAB (Dorigo) (2008)
     36:10–11 (CA writ gtd.), 134 (consolidated with Barr v. WCAB, supra)

Desmuke v. Majestic Ins. Co. (2008)
     36:115 (WCAB)

Dorigo: see Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) v. WCAB (Dorigo)

Duncan v. WCAB (Silva) (2008) 166 CA4th 294, 73 CCC 1197
     36:191 (CA op.)

Dupard v. Amerisource/Bergen Corp. (2007)
     36:18 (WCAB)

Dykes v. WCAB (2008) 73 CCC 1535
     36:272 (CA op.)

E & J Gallo Winery v. WCAB (Rubio) (2008) 73 CCC 1206
     36:197 (CA op.), 268 (let. to ed.)

Earthgrains Co. v. WCAB (Hansen) (2008) 73 CCC 1000
     36:168 (CA op.)

Echelard: see Virginia Surety, Inc. v. WCAB (Echelard)

Edwards: see J. C. Penney Co. v. WCAB (Edwards)

Escobedo: see California Nurse Life Care Planning, Inc. v. WCAB (Escobedo)

Evans v. Mutual of Omaha (2008) 73 CCC 626
     36:122 (CA op.)

Ewing v. CNA Ins. Co. (2008)
     36:255 (WCAB)

Facundo-Guerrero v. WCAB (2008) 163 CA4th 640, 73 CCC 785
     36:10 (CA writ gtd.), 105 (CA op. noted), 131 (CA op.)

Fain v. WCAB (2008) 73 CCC 1543
     36:276 (CA op.)

Fitzpatrick: see Seabright Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Fitzpatrick)

Flores v. Autozone West, Inc. (2008) 161 CA4th 373
     36:73 (CA op.)

Forzetting v. WCAB (2008)
     36:275 (SC rev. gtd. and tsfd.)

Foster v. WCAB (2008) 161 CA4th 1505, 73 CCC 466
     36:10 (CA writ gtd.), 82 (CA op.), 164 (SC rev. den.)

Frastaci v. Vapor Corp. (2007) 158 CA4th 1389
     36:23 (CA op.)

French Valley Aviation, Inc. v. Superior Court (Air Petro Corp.)
     36:262 (CA op.)

Galvao v. WCAB (2008)
     36:281 (CA writ gtd.)

Garcia v. Insurance Co. of the West (2008)
     36:88 (WCAB)

Garman v. Department of Corrections (State of Calif.) (2008)
     36:116 (WCAB)

Garza v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd. (2008) 161 CA4th 651
     36:70 (CA op.)

Genlyte Group, LLC v. WCAB (Zavala) (2008) 158 CA4th 705, 73 CCC 6
     36:1 (CA op.)

Gibson v. Mendocino Solid Waste Management Authority (2007)
     36:39 (WCAB)

Goodin: see Continerntal Casualty v. WCAB (Goodin)

Green Valley Landscaping v. WCAB (Hernandez) (2008)
     36:5 (CA dsm’l)

Grimaldo v. WCAB (2008)
     36:280–81 (CA writ gtd.)

Gutierrez v. Cedars-Sinai Health System (2008)
     36:61 (WCAB)

Hansen: see Earthgrains v. WCAB (Hansen)

Henry v. Superior Court (Reinink) (2008) 160 CA4th 440
     36:45 (CA op.)

Hernandez: see Green Valley Landscaping v. WCAB (Hernandez)

Hertz Corp. v. WCAB (Aguilar) (2008)
     36:110 (CA writ gtd.)

Hinchcliff v. Sutter Health Corp. (2008)
     36:178 (WCAB)

Huhtamaki Americas, Inc. v. WCAB (Madhaw) (2008) 73 CCC 1549
     36:11 (CA writ gtd.), 275 (CA op.)

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J. C. Penney Co. v. WCAB (Edwards) (2008)
     36:253 (CA writ gtd.)

Jackson v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. (2008)
     36:148 (CA op.)

Jimenez v. Kings County (2008)
     36:117 (WCAB)

Johnson v. Tristar Risk Management (2007)
     36:93 (AD)

Johnson: see City of Los Angeles v. WCAB (Johnson)

Lane v. Zurich American Ins. Co. (Big Lots Stores) (2008)
     36:254 (WCAB)

Lean: see County of Orange v. WCAB (Lean)

Lewis v. WCAB (2008) 168 CA4th 696, 73 CCC ____
     36:86 (CA writ gtd.), 271 (CA op.)

Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. LcL Administrators, Inc. (2008) 163 CA4th 1093
     36:147 (CA op.)

Lonicki v. Sutter Health Central (2008) 43 C4th 201
     36:68 (SC op.)

Lopez v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2008)
     36:67 (WCAB)

Lopez v. WCAB (2008) 73 CCC ____
     36:278 (CA op.)

Los Angeles County Dept. of Parks & Recreation v. WCAB (Calvillo) (2008) 73 CCC 798
     36:38 (CA writ gtd.), 169 (CA op.)

Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers’ Ass’n v. County of Los Angeles (2008) 165 CA4th 63, 73 CCC 1235
     36:172 (CA op.), 195 (mod.)

McCann v. Foster Wheeler (2008) 160 CA4th 689
     36:95 (CA op.), 121 (SC rev. gtd.)

McCarty v. Department of Transportation (2008) 164 CA4th 955, 73 CCC 1036
     36:184 (CA op.)

Madden v. Summit View, Inc. (2008) 165 CA4th 1267
     36:203 (CA op.)

Madhaw: see Huhtamaki Americas, Inc. v. WCAB (Madhaw)

Malcolm v. CNA Ins. Group (2008)
     36:176 (WCAB)

Marquis: see Service Rock Products v. WCAB (Marquis)

Marriage Cases, In re (2008) 43 C4th 757
     36:127 (SC op.)

Mason v. East Bay Municipal Utility Dist. (2008)
     36:180 (WCAB)

Medrano v. WCAB (2008) 167 CA4th 56, 73 CCC 1407
     36:174–175 (CA writ gtd.), 219 (CA op.)

Miller v. Sierra Pac. Ind. (2008)
     36:202 (WCAB)

Mills v. WCAB (2008) 73 CCC 812
     36:138 (CA op.)

Minvielle v. County of Contra Costa (2008)
     36:199 (WCAB)

Mora v. Hollywood Bed & Spring (2008) 164 CA4th 1061
     36:182 (CA op.)

Mt. Diablo Unified School Dist. v. WCAB (Rollick) (2008) 165 CA4th 1154, 73 CCC 1212
     36:63 (WCAB), 140–41 (CA writ gtd.), 194 (CA op.)

Nagy v. Pfizer, Inc. (2007) 73 CCC 111
     36:48 (CA op.)

Newlands v. WCAB (2008) 73 CCC 1010
     36:11 (CA writ gtd.), 165 (CA op.)

Nunez v. Steel Forming, Inc. (2008) 73 CCC 842
     36:149–50 (CA op.)

Olsen v. Reid (2008) 164 CA4th 200
     36:149 (CA op. noted)

Padilla v. Pomona College (2008) 166 CA4th 661
     36:205 (CA op.)

Palm Medical Group, Inc. v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2008) 161 CA4th 206, 73 CCC 352
     36:55 (CA op.), 164 (SC rev. den.)

Payless Shoe Source v. WCAB (Dalerio) (2008) 73 CCC 1018
     36:166 (CA op.)

Peek v. Wells Fargo Bank (2008)
     36:282 (WCAB)

Pellicer, In re (2008) 73 CCC 1065
     36:175 (WCAB en banc)

Power Fabricating Inc. v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2008) 167 CA4th 1446
     36:261 (CA op.)

Prachasaisoradej v. Ralphs Grocery Co., Inc. (2008) 73 CCC 216
     36:74 (CA op.)

Price v. Connolly-Pacific Co. (2008) 162 CA4th 1210
     36:146 (CA op.)

Priest v. WCAB (2008) 73 CCC 1556
     36:250 (CA op.)

Pugh v. WCAB (2008) 73 CCC 1561
     36:61 (CA writ gtd.), 110–11 (oral arg. set), 247 (CA op.)

Ramirez v. Nelson (2008) 44 C4th 908, 73 CCC 1225
     36:181 (SC op.)

Ramirez v. One Beacon Ins. Co./Drive Financial Services (2008) 73 CCC 1324
     36:229 (WCAB en banc), 249 (correction)

Ramirez v. WCAB (2008) 73 CCC 1302
     36:223 (CA op.)

Ramos v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2008)
     36:235 (WCAB)

Reddrick: see Tenet/Doctors Medical Center v. WCAB (Reddrick)

Reinink: see Henry v. Superior Court (Reinink)

Respini v. RMG Electric, Inc. (2008) 73 CCC 1314
     36:209 (CA op.)

Richardson-Tunnell v. School Ins. Program for Employees (SIPE) (2007) 157 CA4th 1056, 72 CCC 1612
     36:22 (CA op.)

Rollick: see Mt. Diablo Unified School Dist. v. WCAB

Rosas v. City of Los Angeles (2008)
     36:92 (AD)

Royse v. Lexington Ins. Co. (2008)
     36:292 (CA op.)

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

Ryan v. U.S. Fire Ins. Co. (2008)
     36:286 (WCAB)

Safaeipour v. Sierracin Corp. (2008)
     36:258 (WCAB)

Salazar v. Livermore Valley Joint Unified School Dist. (2008) 73 CCC 371
     36:47 (CA op.)

Salter: see Browning-Ferris Industries v. WCAB (Salter)

Sandhagen: see State Comp. Ins. Fund v. WCAB (Sandhagen)

Sandy v. Exxon Mobil Corp. (2008) 73 CCC 647
     36:123 (CA op.)

Save Mart v. WCAB (Young) (2008) 73 CCC 23
     36:6 (CA op. den. writ)

Schermerhorn v. Los Angeles Unified School Dist. (2008) 73 CCC 1413
     36:294 (CA op.)

Seabright Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Fitzpatrick) (2008) 73 CCC 36
     36:32 (CA op.), 164 (SC rev. den.)

Service Rock Products v. WCAB (Marquis) (2008) 73 CCC 1307
     36:227 (CA op.)

Sherron v. American Cas. Co. of Reading Penna. (2008)
     36:44 (WCAB), 201

Silva: se Duncan v. WCAB (Silva)

Silveira v. ACE Property & Cas. Ins. Co. (2008)
     36:256 (WCAB)

Simon v. Pinnacle Risk Management (2007)
     36:93 (AD)

Smith: see City of Santa Ana v. WCAB (Smith)

Sollars: see Target Stores v. WCAB (Sollars)

State Comp. Ins. Fund v. WCAB (Sandhagen) (2008) 44 C4th 230, 73 CCC 981
     36:57 (SC hrg. set), 133 (SC op. noted), 159 (SC op.)

State of California: see Department of [name]

Sutter Memorial Hosp. v. WCAB (Chaidez) (2008) 73 CCC 1569
     36:273 (CA op.)

Tapia v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co./Skill Master Staffing (2008) 73 CCC 1338
     36:232 (WCAB en banc)

Target Stores v. WCAB (Sollars) (2008) 73 CCC 56
     36:8 (CA op.)

Tenet/Doctors Medical Center v. WCAB (Reddrick) (2008) 73 CCC 329
     36:59 (CA op.), 164 (SC rev. den.)

Teytud v. Clean Innovation Corp. (2008)
     36:283 (WCAB)

Thomas: see California Ins. Guar. Assn. v. WCAB (Thomas)

Tomlin v. WCAB (2008) 162 CA4th 1423, 73 CCC 593
     36:12 (CA writ gtd.), 103 (CA op.), 164 (SC rev. den.)

Travelers Property Cas. Co. of America v. ConocoPhillips Co. (2008) 546 F3d 1142, 73 CCC 1433
     36:260 (9th Cir. op.)

Tverberg v. Fillner Constru., Inc. (2008) ___ CA 4th ___
     36:289 (CA op.)

Valencia v. California Indem. Ins. Co. (2008)
     36:42 (WCAB)

Varisco v. Gateway Science & Engineering, Inc. (2008) 166 CA4th 1099
     36:238 (CA op.)

Vaught v. State (2007) 157 CA4th 1538, 73 CCC 125
     36:20 (CA op.)

Verga v. WCAB (2008) 159 CA4th 174, 73 CCC 63
     36:4 (CA op.)

Virginia Surety, Inc. v. WCAB (Echelard) (2008) 73 CCC 1218
     36:196 (CA op.)

Virginia Surety, Inc. v. WCAB (Wragg) (2008) 73 CCC 75
     36:4 (CA op. noted), 164 (SC rev. den.)

Wang v. U.S. Fire Ins. Co. (2008)
     36:66 (WCAB)

Wiley v. WCAB (2008) 73 CCC 604
     36:107 (CA op.)

Wilson: see City of Fresno v. WCAB (Wilson)

Woodruff v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (SCIF) (2007)
     36:19 (WCAB)

Woods v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. (2008) 162 CA4th 571
     36:96 (CA op.)

Wragg: see Virginia Surety, Inc. v. WCAB (Wragg)

Yang v. Buch (2008) 73 CCC 232
     36:25 (CA op.)

Young: see Save Mart v. WCAB (Young)

Zavala: see Genlyte Group v. WCAB (Zavala)

Zenith Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Cugini) (2008) 159 CA4th 483, 73 CCC 81
     36:3 (CA op. noted), 29 (CA op.)