Cases Reported in CWCR During 2012

[February 2012–January 2013; 40 CWCR 1–304]

[Revised Jan. 21, 2013]

Abernathy v. Whitwood Baptist Church (2012)
40:39 (WCAB)

Adventist Health v. WCAB (Fletcher) (2012) 211 CA4th 376, 77 CCC 935
40:38 (CA writ gtd.), 237 (CA op.), 260 (CA op. mod. & pub.)

Allen v. WCAB (2012)
40:240 (CA writ gtd.)

Allgreen Landscapes v. WCAB (Mota): see Mota v. Nat’l Ins. Co./Allgreen Landscapes v. WCAB (Mota)

Allied Interstate, Inc. v. Sessions Payroll Management, Inc. (2012) 203 CA4th 808, 77 CCC 156
40:66 (CA op.), 157 (SC rev. den. & CA rhg. den.)

American Medical Response v. WCAB (Westerman) (2012) 77 CCC 413
40:9–10 (CA writ gtd.), 87 (CA op.), 157 (CA rhg. den.), 217 (SC rev. den.)

Baeza v. Federal Express (2012)
40:147 (WCAB), 302 (CA writ den.)

Baker v. WCAB (X.S.) (2011) 76 CCC 1277
40:8 (CA op.)

Barker v. Hennessy Industries, Inc. (2012) 206 CA4th 140
40:125 (CA op.), 222 (SC depub.)

Barrett Business Services, Inc. v. WCAB (Rivas) (2012) 204 CA4th 597, 77 CCC 213
40:61 (CA op.)

Becerra v. Utica Nat’l Ins. Co. (2012)
40:264 (WCAB)

Berke v. Bloomingdales (2012)
40:92 (WCAB)

Betson v. Rite Aid Corp. (2012) 77 CCC 1039
40:276 (CA op. noted)

Bettencourt v. Hennessy Industries, Inc. (2012) 205 CA4th 1103
40:101 (CA op.), 222 (status noted)

Bison Builders, Inc. v. ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corp. & Travis (2012)
40:200–01 (CA op.), 302 (SC & CA pub. den.)

Booker v. Cincinnati Bengals (2012)
40:51 (WCAB noted)

Borrayo v. The Hartford Ins. Co. (2012)
40:91 (WCAB)

Braga: see City of Sebastopol v. WCAB (Braga)

Brannan v. Lathrop Constr. Assocs., Inc. (2012) 206 CA4th 1170
40:149 (CA op.)

Brase v. Kone Elevator (2012)
40:246 (WCAB)

C. C. Myers, Inc. v. WCAB (Lockwood) (2012) 77 CCC 129
40:3 (CA op.), 157 (SC pub. den.; CA rhg. & pub. den.)

California Dept. of ___: see Department of ___

California Ins. Guarantee Ass’n v. WCAB (Jenkins/Next Enterprises/Pinnacle Lien Services) (2012) 203 CA4th 1328, 77 CCC 143
40:35 (CA op.)

California Ins. Guarantee Ass’n v. WCAB (Pina) (2012)
40:38 (CA writ gtd.), 157 (CA app. dsm’l)

Campbell v. Ford Motor Co. (2012) 206 CA4th 15, 1073b (mod.)
40:128 (CA op. noted), 226 (CA op. noted)

Campos v. Zurich North America (2012)
40:40:45 (WCAB)

Church Mutual Ins. Co. v. Marina Dunes Resort (Gillentine) (2012)
40:257 (CA op.)

City of Oakland v. WCAB (Kennedy): see Kennedy v. City of Oakland

City of Pomona v. Heiselt (2012) 77 CCC 952
40:236 (CA op.)

City of Sebastopol v. WCAB (Braga) (2012) 208 CA4th 1197, 77 CCC 783
40:114–15 (CA writ gtd.), 185 (CA op.)

Clifton v. Sears Holding Corp. (2012)
40:14 (WCAB)

Cockrell v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. (2012)
40:265 (WCAB)

Collins v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. (2012) 207 CA4th 867, 77 CCC 622
40:175 (CA op.), 302 (SC rev. den. & CA rhg. den.)

Contreras v. WCAB (2012) 77 CCC 1
40:5 (CA op.)

Cooper v. Brannon (2012)
40:224 (CA op.)

Corbin v. City of Los Angeles (2012) 77 CCC 224
40:37 (CA op.)

Corona v. Church Mut. Ins. Co. (2012)
40:242 (WCAB)

County of Alameda v. WCAB (Knittel) (2012)
40:165–66 (CA writ gtd.)

County of Riverside v. WCAB (Taylor) (2012), 77 CCC 1033,
40:115–16 (CA writ gtd.), 302 (CA op. noted)

County of San Bernardino v. WCAB (McCoy) (2012) 203 CA4th 1469, 77 CCC 219
40:33 (CA op.), 157 (SC rev. & depub. den., CA writ & depub. den.)

Crumlish v. Board of Administration, San Diego City Employees’ Retirement System. (2012) 77 CCC 325
40:89 (CA op.), 157 (SC rev. den. & CA rhg. den.)

Cubedo v. Benchmark Ins. Co. (2012)
40:69 (WCAB noted)

Dahl v. Contra Costa County (2012)
40:117 (WCAB)

De Los Reyes v. Hanley (2012) 77 CCC 515
40:129 (CA op.)

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

DeNova-Joy v. Fremont Ins. Co. (2012)
40:118 (WCAB)

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation v. WCAB (Decourcey) (2012) 77 CCC 767
40:187 (CA op.), 302 (SC rev. den.)

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

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

Dutra v. Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta (2012) 209 CA4th 750, 77 CCC 851
40:221 (CA op.), 302 (SC rev. & depub. den.)

Escamilla: see In re Escamilla

Esparza v. Barrett Business Services, Inc. (2012)
40:69 (WCAB)

Espinoza v. WCAB (2012)
40:192 (SC rev. gtd. & CA writ gtd.)

Evans v. CertainTeed Corp. (2012)
40:226 (CA op.), 302 (SC pub. den.)

Federal Express v. WCAB: see Baeza v. Federal Express

Fernandez v. Sunquest Executive Air Charter (2012) 77 CCC 340
40:153 (CA op.), 302 (SC rev. den.)

Fields v. State (2012) 209 CA4th 1390, 77 CCC 856
40:211 (CA op.), 260 (CA op. pub.)

Fletcher: see Adventist Health v. WCAB (Fletcher)

Flores v. United Domestic Workers of Am. (2012)
40:219 (WCAB)

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

Getchell v. Rogers Jewelry (2012) 203 CA4th 381
40:47 (CA op.)

Gillentine: see Church Mutual Ins. Co. v. Marina Dunes Resort (Gillentine)

Gomez v. Los Angeles County Employees’ Retirement Ass’n (2012) 77 CCC 863
40:209 (CA op.), 302 (CA rhg. den.)

Gonia v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2012)
40:70 (WCAB)

Graham v. Old Republic Ins. Co.
40:18 (WCAB)

Gravelin v. Satterfield (2012) 39 CWCR 297
40:3 (SC rev. den.)

Guajardo v. Pacific Bell Telephone Co. (2012)
40:275 (CA op.)

Hammond: see People v. Hammond

Hart v. WCAB (2012) 77 CCC 693
40:191 (CA op.), 302 (CA op. mod.)

Heiselt: see City of Pomona v. Heiselt

Hernandez v. Gray Lift, Inc. (2012)
40:130 (CA op.)

Hillman: see T & T Constr. v. WCAB (Hillman)

Homeport Ins. Services, Inc. v. Lundy (2012)
40:251 (CA op.), 302 (SC pet. for rev., & CA rhg. den.)

In re Escamilla (2012) 77 CCC 71, 75, 430, 603 (writ den.)
40:11 (WCAB en banc), 12 (WCAB en banc), 99 (WCAB en banc), 157 (SC revs. den., CA writs den.)

Jackson v. Raley’s (2012, 77 CCC 1066
40:276 (CA op. noted)

Jenkins: see California Ins. Guarantee Ass’n v. WCAB (Jenkins/Next Enterprises/Pinnacle Lien Services)

Johnston v. Kelly (2012) 77 CCC 36
40:26 (CA op.)

Jones v. CNA Claims Plus Brea (2012)
40:144 (WCAB)

Kennedy v. City of Oakland (2012) 77 CCC 819 (writ den.)
40:121 (WCAB), 217 (CA writ den.)

Kesecker v. Marin Comm. College Dist. (or v. WCAB) (2012)
40:41 (WCAB), 217 (CA writ den.)

Kifle-Thompson v. State Bd. of Chiropractic Examiners (2012) 208 CA4th 518
40:163 (CA op. & cert. for pub.), 302 (SC rev. den.)

Knittel: see County of Alameda v. WCAB (Knittel)

Kroger Co. v. WCAB (Rodriguez) (2012) 210 CA4th 952, 77 CCC 945
40:233 (CA op.), 302 (SC pet. for rev.)

Kroger Co. dba Ralphs Grocery v. WCAB (Velasquez) (2012) 77 CCC 495
40:68 (CA writ gtd.), 113 (CA op.)

Lecocq v. Insurance Co. of the West (2012)
40:197 (WCAB)

LeFiell Manufacturing Co. v. Superior Court (Watrous) (2012) 55 C4th 275, 77 CCC 700
40:199 (SC op.), 302 (CA ord. on remand)

Lockwood: see C. C. Myers, Inc. v. WCAB (Lockwood)

Lundy: see Homeport Ins. Services, Inc. v. Lundy

McCoy: see County of San Bernardino v. WCAB (McCoy)

Malhotra v. Department of Developmental Services (2012)
40:94 (WCAB)

Matthews v. National Football League Management Council (2012) 688 F3d 1107, 77 CCC 711
40:161 (9th Cir. op.), 252 (quote)

Maxim Crane Works v. Tilbury Constructors (2012) 208 CA4th 286
40:177 (CA op.)

Maxton v. Western States Metals (2012) 203 CA4th 81
40:48 (CA op.), 157 (SC rev. & depub. den., CA rhg. den.)

Meeks Building Center v. WCAB (Najjar) (2012) 207 CA4th 219, 77 CCC 615
40:137 (CA op.)

Mendoza v. WCAB (Huntington Hospital) (2012)
40:63 (SC rev. den.)

Monarrez v. Automobile Club of So. Cal. (2012) 211 CA4th 177, 701a (mod.)
40:271 (CA op.), 302 (SC pet. for rev., & CA op. mod. & rhg. den.)

Mota v. Nat’l Ins. Co./Allgreen Landscapes v. WCAB (Mota) (2012) 77 CCC 541 (writ den.)
40:44 (WCAB), 157 (CA writ den.), 241 (WCAB)

Mrozek-Payne v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2012)
40:122 (WCAB)

Najjar: see Meeks Building Center v. WCAB (Najjar)

Nash v. County of Los Angeles (2012)
40:167 (WCAB)

Nelson v. County of Solano (2012)
40:266 (WCAB)

Next Enterprises: see California Ins. Guarantee Assn. (CIGA) v. WCAB (Jenkins/Next Enterprises/Pinnacle Lien Services)

Oliver v. Old Republic Ins. Co. (2012)
40:245 (WCAB)

O’Neil v. Crane Co. (2012) 53 C4th 335
40:21 (SC op.)

Penaloza v. Insurance Co. of the West (2012)
40:142 (WCAB)

People v. Hammond (2012)
40:239 (CA op.), 302 (SC pet. for rev.)

People v. Svercsics (2012) 39 CWCR 285
40:157 (SC rev. den.)

Pesko v. City of Westminster (2012)
40:267 (WCAB), 302(CA writ den.)

Pina: see California Ins. Guarantee Ass’n v. WCAB (Pina)

Pinnacle Lien Services: see California Ins. Guarantee Ass’n v. WCAB (Jenkins/Next Enterprises/Pinnacle Lien Services)

Ponce de Leon v. Barrett Business Services, Inc. (2012)
40:73 (WCAB)

Porteous v. Lumberman’s Mut. Ins. Co. (2012)
40:173 (WCAB noted)

Ralphs Grocery: see Kroger Co. dba Ralphs Grocery v. WCAB (Velasquez)

Ramirez v. Columbia Machine, Inc. (2012) 77 CCC 531
40:103 (CA op.), 222 (SC pub. den.)

ReadyLink Healthcare, Inc. v. Jones (and Workers’ Comp. Ins. Rating Bureau) (2012) 210 CA4th 1166
40:235 (CA op. quoted), 302 (SC pet. for rev.)

Reiner v. Kegel, Tobin & Truce (2012) 77 CCC 253
40:79 (CA op.), 157 (SC rev. den. & CA rhg. den.)

Richey v. AutoNation, Inc. (2012) 210 CA4th 1516, 211 CA4th 701b (mod.)
40:269 (CA op.), 302 (SC pet. for rev., CA mod. & rhg. den.)

Rickards v. United Parcel Service, Inc. (2012) 206 CA4th 1523
40:179 (CA op.), 302 (SC & CA pub. den.)

Rivas: see Barrett Business Services, Inc. v. WCAB (Rivas)

Robinson v. SSW, Inc. (2012) 209 CA4th 588
40:249 (CA op.), 302 (SC rev. gtd.)

Rodriguez: see Kroger Co. v. WCAB (Rodriguez)

Rosas v. Tower Select Ins. Co. (2012)
40:168 (WCAB)

Salcido v. Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (2012)
40:141 (WCAB), 302 (CA writ den.)

Salit v. WCAB (2011) 76 CCC 1129
40:6 (CA op.)

Sanchez v. Brooke (2012) 204 CA4th 126, 77 CCC 261
40:75 (CA op.)

Schlater v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2012)
40:173 (WCAB)

Sedlak v. Bradigan (2012)
40:151 (CA op.)

Sheridan: see Touchstone Television Productions v. Superior Court

Shields v. Hennessy Industries, Inc. (2012) 205 CA4th 782
40:103 (CA op. noted), 222 (status noted)

Slagle v. Department of Corrections [& Rehabilitation] (2012)
40:146 (WCAB) (CA writ den. & SC rev. den.), 148 (comment)

Smith v. Dynalectric Co. (2011) 77 CCC 59
40:27 (CA op.)

State Comp. Ins. Fund v. WCAB (Dorsett) (2012)
40:3 (SC rev. den.)

State Comp. Ins. Fund v. WCAB (Garcia) (2012) 204 CA4th 766, 77 CCC 307
40:63 (CA op.)

State [of California] Dept. of ___: see Department of ___

Sullivan v. City of Huron (2012)
40:77 (CA op.)

T & T Constr. v. WCAB (Hillman) (2012) 77 CCC 501
40:112 (CA op.)

Tanksley v. City of Santa Ana (2012)
40:72 (WCAB)

Taylor: see County of Riverside v. WCAB (Taylor)

The ___: see next word in case name (e.g., Kroger)

Thomas v. City of Los Angeles (2012) 77 CCC 1083
40:274 (CA op.)

Tidgewell v. David E. Gentry, APC (2012) 77 CCC 274
40:50–51 (CA op.)

Torres v. Zurich North American (AJC Sandblasting/Unitech Diagnostics, LLC) (2012) 77 CCC 1113
40:261 (WCAB en banc)

Touchstone Television Productions v. Superior Court (Sheridan) (2012) 208 CA4th 676
40:223 (CA op.), 302 (SC rev. & depub. den.)

Touma v. United States Fire Ins. Co. (2012)
40:173 (WCAB)

Travis: see Bison Builders, Inc. v. ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corp. & Travis

Turco v. City of Oakland (2012)
40:215 (WCAB)

Tverberg v. Fillner Constr., Inc. (2012) 202 CA4th 1439, 77 CCC 166
40:24 (CA op.), 157 (SC rev. den. & CA rhg. den.)

United Temporary Service v. WCAB (Weilman): see Weilmann v. TIG Specialty Ins. Co.

Valdez v. WCAB (2012) 207 CA4th 1, 77 CCC 506
40:68 (CA writ gtd.), 109 (CA op.), 139 (CA pub.), 187 (WCAB brief), 211 (SC rev. gtd.)

Valero v. Board of Retirement of Tulare County Employees’ Retirement Ass’n (2012) 205 CA4th 960, 77 CCC 422
40:85 (CA op.)

Vanhooser v. Superior Court (Hennessy Industries, Inc.) (2012) 206 CA4th 921
40:128 (CA op.)

Velasquez: see Kroger Co. dba Ralphs Grocery v. WCAB (Velasquez)

Viale v. Lockheed Martin Corp. (2012)
40:193 (WCAB)

Villatoro v. California Ins. Guar. Ass’n (CIGA) (2012)
40:194 (WCAB)

Warner v. WCAB (2011) 77 CCC 9
40:1 (CA op.)

Watrous: see LeFiell Manufacturing Co. v. Superior Court (Watrous)

Weilmann v. TIG Specialty Ins. Co. (2012)
40:96 (WCAB), 157 (CA writ den.)

Westerman: see American Medical Response v. WCAB (Westerman)

Williams v. Argonaut Ins. Co. (2012)
40:124 (WCAB)

Workers’ Comp. Ins. Rating Bureau: see ReadyLink Healthcare, Inc. v. Jones (and Workers’ Comp. Ins.Rating Bureau)

X.S.: see Baker v. WCAB (X.S.)