Cases Reported in CWCR During 2014

[February 2014—January 2015; 42 CWCR 1–312; case histories through January 15, 2015]

Alexander v. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. (9th Cir. 2014) 765 F3d 981, 79 CCC 1161
42:192 (9th Cir. op. noted)

Allen v. WCAB (2014) 79 CCC 1227
42:216 (CA op.)

Alvarado: see State ex rel. Dept. of Highway Patrol v. Superior Court (Alvarado)

AmeriGas, Inc. v. Landstar Ranger, Inc. (2014) 230 CA4th 1153
42:281 (CA op.)

Arbizu v. Wausau Ins. Co. (2013)
42:12 (WCAB)

Ayala v. County of Los Angeles (2014)
42:68 (WCAB)

Beckley v. Board of Administration (2013) 222 CA4th 691, 78 CCC 1283
42:32 (CA op.)

Benavides v. WCAB (2014) 227 CA4th 1496, 79 CCC 483
42:5 (CA writ gtd.), 84 (CA op.), 195 (CA op. on rhg. & pub. noted)

Bertrand v. County of Orange (2014)
42:201 (WCAB)

Bigelow: see City of Paso Robles v. WCAB (Bigelow)

Bigham v. Oak Ins. Co. (2014)
42:122 (WCAB)

Bodam v. San Bernardino County/Dept. of Social Services (2014) 79 CCC 1519
42:273 (WCAB sig. pan. dec.)

Brower v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2014) 79 CCC 550
42:115 (WCAB en banc)

Buckner v. Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (2013) 222 CA4th 522
42:21 (CA op.)

California Ins. Guar. Ass’n v. WCAB (Elite Surgical Centers/Magana) (2014) 79 CCC 1481
42:59–60 (CA writ gtd.), 159 (amicus briefing), 310–11 (CA op. noted)

Carrabello v. WCAB (2014) 79 CCC 340
42:245 (WCAB and writ den. noted; see Old Republic Constr. Program Group v. The Boccardo Law Firm)

Castro v. U. S. Fire Ins. Co. (2014)
42:200 (WCAB)

Cannon: see City of Sacramento v. WCAB (Cannon)

Chott v. Safety Nat’l Cas. (2014)
42:149 (WCAB)

Christensen v. Zurich Amer. Ins. Co. (2014)
42:249 (WCAB)

City of Montebello v. WCAB: see Navarro v. City of Montebello

City of Paso Robles v. WCAB (Bigelow) (2014)
42:36 (CA writ gtd.), 159 (app. dsm’d)

City of Sacramento v. WCAB (Cannon) (2014) 222 CA4th 1360, 79 CCC 1
42:1 (CA op.)

Clark: see South Coast Framing, Inc. v. WCAB (Clark)

Collin v. CalPortland Co. (2014) 228 CA4th 582
42:203 (CA op.)

Contra Costa County v. WCAB: see Dahl v. County of Contra Costa

County of Contra Costa v. WCAB: see Dahl v. County of Contra Costa

County of Nevada v. WCAB (Lade) (2014) 223 CA4th 579, 79 CCC 123
42:2 (CA op.)

County of Riverside v. WCAB: see Salem v. County of Riverside

Dahl v. County of Contra Costa (2014)
42:7 (WCAB), 310–11 (CA writ gtd. as County of Contra Costa v. WCAB)

Davis v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. (2014)
42:87 (WCAB)

Dodd v. Zenith Ins. Co. (2014)
42:13 (WCAB)

Dubon [I] v. State Comp. Ins. Fund/World Restoration, Inc. (2014) 79 CCC 313, 556
42:37 (WCAB en banc), 57 (quotes)

Dubon [II] v. State Comp. Ins. Fund/World Restoration, Inc. (2014) 79 CCC 1298
42:219 (WCAB en banc)

Duong v. Hartford Ins. Co. of the Midwest (2014)
42:253 (WCAB)

Elite Surgical Centers: see California Ins. Guar. Ass’n v. WCAB (Elite Surgical Centers/Magana)

Elsheref v. Applied Materials, Inc. (2014) 223 CA4th 451, 79 CCC 207
42:20 (CA op. & pet. for rhg.), 100 (SC rev. & depub. den.)

Enriquez (dec’d) v. Cuoto Dairy/Zenith Ins. Co. (2014) 79 CCC 1097 (writ den.)
42:310–11 (CA writ den. as Zenith Ins. Co. v. WCAB)

Evans v. San Joaquin Regional Transit Dist. (2014)
42:69 (WCAB)

Federal Ins. Co./Connecticut Sun v. WCAB (Johnson) (2014)
42:99 (SC rev. & depub. den.)

Findlay: see San Diego Unified School Dist. v. WCAB (Point Loma Surgical Center/Findlay)

Fopiano v. Stern (2014)
42:48 (CA op.), 286 (noted)

Ganoe v. Metalclad Insulation Corp. (2014) 227 CA4th 1577
42:181 (CA op.), 310 (SC rev. & depub. den.)

Garcia (dec’d) v. Star Ins. Co. (2014)
42:257 (WCAB), 310–11 (CA writ pet. pdg.)

Garcia v. WCAB (2014) 79 CCC 619
42:86 (CA writ gtd.), 136 (CA op.)

Global Hawk Ins. Co. v. Le (2014) 225 CA4th 593, 79 CCC 623
42:81 (CA op.), 163 (SC rev. den.)

Gomez v. Compwest Ins. Co. (2014)
42:91 (WCAB), 100 (SC rev. den.)

Gonzalez v. Seal Methods, Inc. (2014) 223 CA4th 405, 79 CCC 134
42:17 (CA op.), 100 (SC rev. den.)

Gottschall v. Crane Co. (2014) 230 CA4th 1115
42:261 (CA op.), 310 (SC rev. pdg.)

Gregory v. Cott (2014) 59 C4th 996, 79 CCC 985
42:161 (SC op.)

Griffin v. Berlin (2014) 79 CCC 1512
42:284 (CA op.), 310 (CA rhg. den. & SC rev. pdg.)

Griffin v. County of Los Angeles (2014)
42:222 (WCAB)

Haddad v. Safety Nat’l Cas. (2014)
42:148 (WCAB)

Hamp v. Harrison Patterson O’Connor & Kinkead (2014) 79 CCC 1380
42:286 (CA op. noted), 310 (SC rev. & pub. den.; CA rhg. & pub. den.)

Haver v. BNSF Railway Co. (2014) 226 CA4th 1104
42:124 (CA op.), 159 (CA op. mod.), 189 (SC rev. gtd.)

Hernandez: see Neri Hernandez v. Tower Point Nat’l Ins. Co.

Herrera v. Unistar Food Processing (2014)
42:100 (SC rev. den.)

Hopkins v. Kedzierski (2014) 225 CA4th 736, 79 CCC 363
42:95 (CA op.)

Hunter v. California Comp. Ins. Co./Calif. Ins. Guar. Ass’n (2014)
42:260 (WCAB)

Izell v. Union Carbide Corp. (2014) 231 CA4th 962
42:264 (superseded CA op.), 283 (CA op.), 310–11 (SC rev. pdg.)

James v. City of Santa Rosa/Redwood Empire Municipal Ins. Fund (2014) 79 CCC 1548 (writ den.)
42:251 (WCAB), 310 (SC rev. den.; CA writ den.)

Johnson: see Federal Ins. Co./Connecticut Sun v. WCAB (Johnson)

Jones: see San Francisco State University v. WCAB (Jones)

Jones v. Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (2014)
42:224 (WCAB)

Kaabinejadian v. Miller (2014) 79 CCC 1243
42:236 (CA op.), 286 (noted), 310 (SC rev. den.)

Kaabinejadian v. Rabobank, N.A. (2014) 79 CCC 18
42:50 (CA op.)

Kang: see Radiator USA v. WCAB (Kang)

Kesner v. Superior Court (Pneumo Abex LLC) (2014) 226 CA4th 251
42:123 (CA op.), 189 (SC rev. gtd.)

Kim v. Cypress Ins. Co. (2014) 79 CCC 140
42:15 (WCAB sig. pan. dec.)

Kozak v. WCAB (Quidel Corp./CNA Ins. Co. (2014) 79 CCC 1108 (writ den.)
42:217 (CA docket quoted; CA writ den.; SC rev. den.), 310 (USSC cert. pet. pdg.)

Lade: see County of Nevada v. WCAB (Lade)

Lantz v. WCAB (2014) 226 CA4th 298, 79 CCC 488
42:105 (CA op.; CA mod. & rhg. den.), 163(SC rev. den.)

Lappi: see Regents of the Univ. of Calif. v. WCAB (Lappi)

Larkin v. WCAB (2014) 223 CA4th 538, 79 CCC 129
42:4 (CA op.), 81 (SC rev. gtd.)

Le: see Global Hawk Ins. Co. v. Le

LeFiell Manufacturing Co. v. Superior Court (Watrous) (2014) 228 CA4th 883, 79 CCC 1026
42:179 (CA op.), 310 (SC rev. & depub. den.)

Lewis: see People v. Lewis

Lobo v. County of San Bernardino (2014)
42:198 (WCAB)

Lobo v. Tamco (2014) 230 CA4th 438, 79 CCC 1401
42:232 (CA op.)

Lopez v. Delgadillo (2014) 79 CCC 381
42:57 (CA op.)

Lovelace v. Pneumo Abex LLC (2014)
42:205 (CA op.), 310 (SC rev. den.)

Lozano v. WCAB (2014)
42:271–72 (CA writ gtd.)

McCarty v. Department of Transportation (2014) 79 CCC 1253
42:286 (CA op.), 310 (SC rev. den.)

McCool v. Arrowood Indem. Co. (2014)
42:274 (WCAB)

McKinney v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. (2014) 79 CCC 1456 (writ den.)
42:174 (WCAB), 310–11 (writ den.)

McQueen v. Victor Valley Community Hosp./The Registry Network/Calif. Ins. Guar. Ass’n (2014)
42:258 (WCAB)

Magana: see California Ins. Guar. Ass’n v. WCAB (Elite Surgical Centers/Magana)

Meyers v. Board of Administration (2014) 224 CA4th 250, 79 CCC 284
42:29 (CA op.)

Monarrez v. Automobile Club of So. Cal. (2014)
42:310–11 (SC rev. dsm’d)

Montague v. AMN Healthcare, Inc. (2014) 223 CA4th 1515, 79 CCC 388
42:47 (CA op.), 159 (SC rev. den.; CA op. mod. & rhg. den.)

Morales: see People v. Morales

Navarro v. City of Montebello (2014) 79 CCC 328, 418
42:61 (WCAB en Banc), 215 (SC rev. den., as City of Montebello v. WCAB)

Neri Hernandez v. Tower Point Nat’l Ins. Co. (2014) 79 CCC 682
42:143 (WCAB en banc)

Newton v. Republic Indem. Co. of Calif. (2014)
42:229 (WCAB)

Nguyen v. Western Digital Corp. (2014) 229 CA4th 1522
42:231 (CA op.), 310 (SC rev. den.)

Nutt v. Tehachapi Valley Health Care Dist. (2014)
42:10 (WCAB)

Ogden Entertainment Services v. WCAB (von Ritzhoff) (2014)
42:137–38 (CA writ gtd.), 310–11 (CA op. noted)

Old Republic Constr. Program Group v. The Boccardo Law Firm, Inc. (2014) 230 CA4th 859, 79 CCC 1410
42:151 (CA op.), 173 (rhg. gtd.), 245 (CA op. on rhg.), 310–11 (SC rev. pdg.); see also Carrabello v. WCAB

Olivas v. Redwood Fire & Cas. Ins. Co. (2014)
42:176 (WCAB)

Oranje v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. (2014)
42:279 (WCAB)

Ortiz v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. (2014)
42:183–84 (CA op.)

Otten v. California Ins. Guar. Ass’n (2014)
42:196 (WCAB)

Patterson v. California Ins. Guar. Ass’n/The Oaks Farm (2014) 79 CCC 910
42:171 (WCAB sig. pan. dec.)

Paulus v. Crane Co. (2014) 224 CA4th 1357, 79 CCC 516
42:73 (CA op.), 159 (SC rev. den.)

People ex rel. Harris v. PAC Anchor Transportation, Inc. (2014) 59 C4th 772
42:189 (SC op.), 310 (USSC cert. pet. pdg.)

People v. Lewis (2014)
42:112 (CA op.)

People v. Morales (2014) 79 CCC 826
42:111 (CA op.)

Peris v. WCAB (State Comp. Ins. Fund) (2014) 79 CCC 1463 (writ. den.)
42:64 (WCAB), 310–11 (CA writ den.)

Pfeifer v. John Crane, Inc. (2014)
42:159 (SC depub. den.; review pet. w’drawn)

Point Loma Surgical Center: see San Diego Unified School Dist. v. WCAB (Point Loma Surgical Center/Findlay)

Porter v. Board of Retirement (Orange County Ret. Sys.) (2013) 222 CA4th 335, 78 CCC 1305
42:33 (CA op.)

Porter v. City & County of San Francisco (2014)
42:93 (WCAB)

Powell v. WCAB (2014) 79 CCC 1505
42:247 (docket entry quoted), 248 (writ gtd.), 269 (CA op.), 310–11 (SC pub. req. pdg.)

Radiator USA v. WCAB (Kang) (2014)
42:170 (CA writ gtd.), 310–11 (CA arg. pdg.)

Ramirez v. United States Fire Ins. Co. (2014)
42:65 (WCAB)

Ramos v. Brenntag Specialties, Inc. (2014) 224 CA4th 1239
42:71 (CA op.), 159 (CA rhg. den. & SC rev. gtd.), 233 (noted)

Razo v. Hartford Ins. Co. (2014)
42:43 (WCAB)

Regents of the Univ. of Calif. v. WCAB (Lappi) (2014) 226 CA4th 1530, 79 CCC 509
42:108 (CA op.), 159 (CA pub.)

Reis v. Employers Ins. of Wausau (2014)
42:178 (WCAB)

Richey v. AutoNation, Inc. (2014)
42:310 (CA op. pdg.)

Rigoli Bettancourt v. Vons, a Safeway Co. (2014)
42:42 (WCAB)

Rodriguez v. Zenith Ins. Co./City of Santa Cruz (2014) 227 CA4th 1443, 79 CCC 844
42:45 (WCAB)

Royster v. TIG Specialty Ins. Co. (2014)
42:225 (WCAB)

Salas v. Sierra Chemical Co. (2014) 59 C4th 407, 79 CCC 782
42:133 (SC op.), 310 (USSC cert. den.)

Salem v. County of Riverside (2014) 79 CCC 946 (writ den.)
42:119 (WCAB), 159 (CA writ den., as County of Riverside v. WCAB)

San Diego Unified School Dist. v. WCAB (Point Loma Surgical Center/Findlay) (2014)
42:100 (SC rev & pub. den.)

San Francisco State University v. WCAB (Jones) (2014) 79 CCC 1235
42:137 (CA writ gtd.), 213 (CA op.), 310 (SC pub. den.)

Schultz v. WCAB (2014)
42:170 (CA writ gtd.), 310–11 (SC op. noted)

Scott v. Ford Motor Co. (2014) 224 CA4th 1492
42:126 (CA op.), 159 (SC rev. den.; CA op. mod. & rhg. den.)

South Coast Framing, Inc. v. WCAB (Clark) (2014)
42:81 (SC rev. gtd.)

State ex rel. Dept. of Highway Patrol v. Superior Court (Alvarado) (2014)
42:100 (SC rev. gtd.)

Stevens v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2014)
42:194 (WCAB). 272 (CA writ gtd. as Stevens v. WCAB)

Stock v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2014)
42:227 (WCAB)

Torres v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2014) 79 CCC 1181
42:193 (WCAB sig. pan. dec.)

United Temp. Service v. WCAB: see Weilmann v. Zenith Ins. Co.

Uriarte v. Scott Sales Co. (2014) 226 CA4th 1346, 79 CCC 1039
42:152 (CA op.), 233 (SC rev. gtd.)

Villalobos v. Travelers Property Cas. Co. (2014)
42:68 (WCAB)

von Ritzhoff: see Ogden Entertainment Services v. WCAB (von Ritzhoff)

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

Weilmann v. Zenith Ins. Co. (2014)
42:89 (WCAB), 159 (CA writ den., as United Temp. Service v. WCAB)

White v. County of Los Angeles (2014) 225 CA4th 690
42:97 (CA op.)

Yacoub v. Talia (2014) 79 CCC 409
42:74–75 (CA op.)

Young v. WCAB (2014) 227 CA4th 472, 79 CCC 751
42:5 (CA writ gtd.), 133 (CA op.), 215 (SC rev. den.)

Zenith Ins. Co. v. WCAB: see Enriquez (dec’d) v. Cuoto Dairy/Zenith Ins. Co.

Zuniga v. County of Los Angeles (2014)
42:277 (WCAB)