Cases Reported in CWCR
During 2013
© 2014 California Workers’ Compensation Reporter
[Volume 41;
February 2013—January 2014; 41 CWCR
1–308; updated 1/15/2014]
Acme Steel v. WCAB (Borman)
(2013) 218 CA4th 1137, 78 CCC 751
41:115–16 (CA writ gtd.), 165 (CA op.), 224
(noted)
Acuna v. San Diego Gas & Electric Co. (2013) 217
CA4th 1402
41:201 (CA op. & cert. for pub.)
Aguilar: see State of Arizona (and Aguilar) v. ASARCO,
LLC
Alamo v. Practice Management Information Corp. (2013)
219 CA4th 466
41:203 (CA op. & cert. for pub.)
Alberda v. Board of Retirement of Fresno County Employees’
Retirement Ass’n (2013) 214 CA4th 426, 78 CCC 547
41:29 (CA op.)
Alvarado: see State ex rel. Dept. of Calif. Highway
Patrol v. Superior Court (Alvarado)
Angelotti Chiropractic v. Baker (2013) 78 CCC 1218
41:278 (US DC op. noted)
Arizona: see State of Arizona (and Aguilar) v. ASARCO,
LLC
Batton v. Alten Constr. Co. (2013)
41:128 (CA op.), 162 (SC rev. den.)
Borman: see Acme Steel v. WCAB (Borman)
Brooks: see County of Sacramento v. WCAB (Brooks)
California (or State) Department of . . . : see
Department of . . .
California Ins. Guar. Ass’n
(CIGA): see Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Colamaria/CIGA);
Hamilton v. WCAB (CIGA); State Farm General Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Lutz/CIGA)
Cannon: see City of Sacramento v. WCAB (Cannon)
Carrabello v. Old Republic Ins. Corp. (2013)
41:226 (WCAB)
Carroll v. Cincinnati Bengals (2013) 78 CCC 655
41:143 (WCAB en banc)
Charter Communications, Inc. v. WCAB (Medel): see Medel v. New
Hampshire Ins. Co.
Chase v. Contra Costa County Mosquito & Vector
Control Dist. (2013)
41:117 (WCAB)
City of Foster City v. WCAB (McLaughlin): see
McLaughlin v. City of Foster City
City of Sacramento v. WCAB (Cannon) (2013)
41:60 (CA writ gtd.), 307 (CA op. & pub.
noted)
Clark: see South Coast Framing, Inc. v. WCAB (Clark)
CLP Resources v. WCAB (Mora) (2013) 78 CCC 1025
41:141–42 (CA writ gtd.), 213 (CA op.), 307 (CA
pub. den., SC pub. den.)
Colamaria: see Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Colamaria/CIGA)
Colgan v. Howell (2013)
41:57 (CA op.), 162 (SC rev. den.)
Connecticut Sun: see Federal Ins. Co./Connecticut Sun
v. WCAB (Johnson)
Cooper v. Roadmaster (2013)
41:224 (WCAB)
County of Alameda v. WCAB (Knittel)
(2013) 213 CA4th 278, 78 CCC 81
41:1 (CA op.), 162 (SC rev. den.)
County of Los Angeles v. WCAB (Ellefson)
(2013) 78 CCC 713 (writ den.)
41:152 (WCAB), 167 (CA writ den.)
County of Nevada v. WCAB (Lade) (2013)
41:193 (CA writ gtd.)
County of Riverside v. WCAB (Taylor) (2012), 77 CCC
1033
41:4 (CA op.)
County of Sacramento v. WCAB (Brooks) (2013) 215 CA4th
785, 78 CCC 379
41:81 (CA op. & op. mod.)
Demetry v. Leeds (2013)
41:71–72 (CA op.)
Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation v.
State Personnel Bd. (Moya) (2013) 215 CA4th 1101, 78 CCC 390
41:83 (CA op.)
El-Attar v. Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center
(2013) 56 C4th 976
41:113 (SC op. noted)
Ellefson: see County of Los Angeles v. WCAB (Ellefson)
Elster v. Fishman (2013)
41:181–82 (CA op.)
Enriquez (dec’d) v. Couto Dairy/Zenith Ins. Co. (2013) 78 CCC 323
41:61 (WCAB en banc)
Escamilla, In re (2013) 78 CCC 134, 466 (writ den.)
41:33 (WCAB en banc), 162 (CA writ den. & SC
rev. den.)
Espinoza v. WCAB (2013) 78 CCC 89
41:3 (CA op.), 162 (SC rev. den.)
Estrada v. City of Los Angeles (2013) 218 CA4th 143,
78 CCC 840
41:167 (CA op.), 263 (SC rev. den. & depub. den.)
Estrada v. Liberty Mut. Ins.
Co. (2013)
41:96 (WCAB)
Federal Ins. Co./Connecticut Sun v. WCAB (Johnson)
(2013) 78 CCC 1257
41:218 (CA writ gtd.), 266 (CA op.), 307 (CA rhg. den., SC rev. pdg.)
Figueroa v. Employers Comp. Ins. Co. (B.C. Doering Co.) (2013) 78 CCC 336, 439
41:62 (WCAB sig. pan. dec.),
89 (WCAB en banc)
Findlay: see San Diego Unified School Dist. v. WCAB
(Point Loma Surgical Ctr./ Findlay)
Firecode Safety
Equipment v. WCAB (Maxwell): see Maxwell v. Oak River Ins. Co.
Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Colamaria/CIGA)
(2011)
41:162 (SC rev. den.)
Frost v. East Bay Municipal Utility Dist. (2012)
41:14 (WCAB)
Gambina v. Springfield Ins. Co. (2013)
41:225 (WCAB), 249 (noted)
Garcia v. WCAB (Western Tile & Carpet, Inc.)
(2013)
41:137 (CA op. in docket), 307 (SC rev. den.)
Garibay v. Macy’s/Federated Logistics (2013)
41:175 (WCAB), 176 (noted)
Gerton v. City of Pleasanton (2013)
41:147 (WCAB)
Glenn v. Radiant Services Corp. (2013) 78 CCC 895
41:234 (CA op.), 307 (SC pub. den.)
Gonzalez v. Sate Comp. Ins. Fund (2012)
41:15 (WCAB)
Gregory v. Cott (2013) 213
CA4th 41
41:21 (CA op.), 85 (SC rev. gtd.)
Guidry v. Travelers Indem.
Co. of Conneticut (2013)
41:197 (WCAB)
Guzman v. Girardi & Keese (Angelus Block Co., Inc./Integrated Claims) (2013)
41:11 (WCAB)
Hall v. Warren Pumps LLC (2012)
41:163 (SC rev. dsm’d)
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. v. Department of
Transportation (2013) 220 CA4th 87, 78 CCC 1049
41:231 (CA op. noted), 307 (SC rev. den.)
Hamilton v. WCAB (CIGA) (2013)
41:160 (CA op. in docket)
Hammond: see People v. Hammond
Hamp v. Harrison Patterson O’Connor & Kinkead, LLP (2012) 78 CCC 1
41:25 (CA op.)
Hernandez v. Amcord, Inc.
(2013) 215 CA4th 659, 78 CCC 556
41:97 (CA op.), 179 (SC rev. & depub. den.), 255 (noted)
Hernandez v. Thermal Structures, Inc. (2013) 78 CCC
910
41:231–32 (CA op.)
Herrera v. Unistar Food
Processing, Inc. (2013) 78 CCC 1294
41:276 (CA op.), 307 (SC rev. pdg.)
Hodge v. AON Ins. Services (2012)
41:163 (SC rev. dsm’d)
Holz v. WCAB (Gottchalks &
Specialty Risk Services) (2013)
41:41 (WCAB), 162 (CA writ den. & SC rev.
den.)
Homeport Ins. Services, Inc. v. Lundy [B236296] (2013)
41:85 (SC rev. den.; see also 40 CWCR 251, 302)
Homeport Ins. Services, Inc. v. Lundy [B238296] (2013)
78 CCC 95
41:85 (CA op. noted), 163 (correction)
Hordwedel v.County of Los Angeles
(2013)
41:273 (WCAB)
Hovanessian v. Sentry Ins. Co. (2013)
41:271 (WCAB)
Hunter v. Department of Mental Health (2013)
41:173 (WCAB)
Hyder v. Travelers Indem. Co.
(St. Lois Rams) (2013)
41:41 (WCAB noted), 67 (WCAB)
In re . . . : see name
Innovative Orthopedic Solutions v. WCAB (Meyer) (2013)
78 CCC 795 (writ den.)
41:63 (WCAB), 163 (CA writ den.)
Johnson: see Federal Ins. Co./Connecticut Sun v. WCAB
(Johnson)
Karty DePhilippis (2013) 78 CCC
574
41:157 (CA op.)
Kealoha v. Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs (9th Cir. 2013) 713 F3d 521
41:81 (USCA op.)
Kindelberger v. City of Los Angeles (2013)
41:174 (WCAB)
Kirk v. Retirement Bd., City & County of San
Francisco (2013) 78 CCC 585
41:113 (CA op.)
Kivachitsky v. Mashburn (2013) 78 CCC
597
41:126–27 (CA op.)
Knittel: see County of Alameda v. WCAB (Knittel)
Kroger Co. v. WCAB (Rodriguez) (2013)
41:162 (SC rev. den.)
Lade: see County of Nevada v. WCAB (Lade)
Lantz v. WCAB (2013)
41:141 (CA writ gtd.)
Lappi: see Regents of the University of Calif. v. WCAB (Lappi)
Leeds v. Reino & Iida
(2013) 78 CCC 1065
41:241 (CA op.)
Lewis v. Pepper Constr. Co. Pacific (2011)
41:163 (SC rev. dsm’d)
Lutz: see State Farm General Ins. Co. v. WCAB
(Lutz/CIGA)
McCoy v. Pacific Maritime Ass’n
(2013) 216 CA4th 283
41:123 (CA op.), 179 (SC depub.
den.)
McKinley v. WCAB (Travelers Indem.
Co./Arizona Cardinals) (2013) 78 CCC 23
41:7 (WCAB en banc), 167 (CA writ den.), 215 (SC
rev. den.)
McLaughlin v. City of Foster City (2013)
41:219 (WCAB), 307 (CA writ den. as City of
Foster City v. WCAB)
McMillin v. Monsanto Co. (2013)
41:200 (WCAB)
Malinowski v. HSM Electronic Protection Services, Inc.
(2013)
41:121 (WCAB)
Manfredi v. City of Fresno (2013)
41:269 (WCAB)
Martinez v. Allstate Ins. Co. (Terrazas)
(2013) 78 CCC 444
41:89 (WCAB en banc), 307 (CA writ den. as New
Age Imaging, Inc. v. WCAB)
Martinez: see Southern Calif. Edison v. WCAB
(Martinez)
Mathies v. Buhrer (2013) 78 CCC 205
41:49 (CA op.)
Maxwell v. Oak River Ins. Co. (2012)
41:38 (WCAB), 162 (CA writ den. & SC rev.
den.)
Medel v. New Hampshire Ins. Co. (2013)
41:245 (WCAB), 307 (CA writ den. as Charter
Communications, Inc. v. WCAB)
Mejia-Gutierrez v. Comcast of Calif. III, Inc. (2013)
41:23–24 (CA op.)
Mendez v. Los Angeles Unified School Dist. (2013) 78
CCC 406
41:99 (CA op.), 179 (CA rhg.
den. & SC rev. den.)
Mendez v. Pacific Comp. Ins. Co. (Le Chef Bakery)
(2013) 78 CCC 454
41:92 (WCAB sig. pan. dec.)
Mendez-Correa v. Zenith Ins. Co. (Vedova
Dairy) (2013)
41:118 (WCAB)
Meyer v. Target Corp.: see Innovative Orthopedic
Solutions v. WCAB (Meyer)
Minish v. Hanuman Fellowship (2013) 214 CA4th 437, 78 CCC
107
41:47 (CA op. & cert. for pub.), 162 (SC rev.
den.)
Monarrez v. Automobile Club of So. Cal. (2013)
41:29 (SC rev. gtd. & deferred)
Mora: see CLP Resources v. WCAB (Mora) (2013)
Moradi v. Marsh USA, Inc. (2013) 219 CA4th 886, 78 CCC 916
41:229 (CA op.), 307 (SC rev. den.)
Morales v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2013)
41:248 (WCAB)
Moya: see Department of Corrections &
Rehabilitation v. State Personnel Bd. (Moya)
Nalwa v. Cedar Fair L.P. (2013) 55 C4th 1148
41:21, 23 (SC op. quoted)
Nash v. County of Los Angeles, General Hospital (2013)
41:171 (WCAB)
Nassar: see University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
v. Nassar
Neri-Hernandez v. Tower Point Nat’l Ins. Co.
(Geneva/Workforce Staffing) (2013)
41:195 (WCAB)
New Age Imaging, Inc. v. WCAB: see Martinez v.
Allstate Ins. Co. (Terrazas)
Palafox: see United States Fire Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Palafox)
People v. Hammond (2013)
41:162 (SC rev. den.)
People v. Shim (2013) 78 CCC 431
41:84 (CA op.)
Pfeifer v. John Crane, Inc. (2013) 220 CA4th 1270
41:251 (CA op.), 277 (op. mod. & rhg. den.), 307 (SC depub. pdg.)
Point Loma Surgical Center: see San Diego Unified
School Dist. v. WCAB (Findlay & Point Loma Surgical Ctr.)
Purton v. Marriott Internat’l,
Inc. (2013) 218 CA4th 499
41:177 (CA op.), 307 (SC rev. den.)
Rashid v. Board of Retirement, Alameda County E.R.A.
(2013) 78 CCC 937
41:217 (CA op.), 307 (SC rev. den.)
ReadyLink Healthcare, Inc. v. Jones and WCIRB (2013)
41:162 (SC rev. den.)
Regents of the University of Calif. v. WCAB (Lappi) (2013)
41:170 (CA writ gtd.)
Richey v. AutoNation, Inc. (2013)
41:29 (SC rev. gtd.)
Rivera-Sanchez v. Perez (2013) 78 CCC 273
41:73 (CA op.)
Robinson v. SSW, Inc. (2013)
41:85 (SC rev. dsm’d)
Rodriguez: see Kroger Co. v. WCAB (Rodriguez)
Roger v. CorVel Healthcare
Corp. (2013) 78 CCC 638
41:109 (CA op. & op. mod.), 179 (SC rev.
& pub. den.)
Romano (Trust) v. Kroger Co. (dba
Ralphs Grocery Co./adm. by Sedgwick CMS) (2013)
41:93 (WCAB), 119 (quote)
Roundtree: see SF BART v. WCAB (Roundtree)
Salas v. Sierra Chemical Co. (2013)
41:52 (SC briefing; see also 39 CWCR 243, 331)
Salguero v. Insurance Co. of the West (2013)
41:246 (WCAB)
San Diego Unified School Dist. v. WCAB (Point Loma
Surgical Ctr./Findlay) (2013) 78 CCC 1269
41:170 (CA writ gtd.), 264 (CA op.), 307 (SC rev.
& pub. pdg.)
Sanchez v. Hitachi Koki Co., LTD (2013) 217 CA4th 948,
78 CCC 851
41:178 (CA op.)
Sanchez v. Swissport, Inc.
(2013) 213 CA4th 1331
41:43 (CA op. & cert. for pub.)
Schwirse v. Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs
(9th Cir. 2013)
41:189 (USCA unpub.
op.)
SF BART v. WCAB (Roundtree) (2013)
41:116 (CA writ gtd.), 163 (app. dsm’d)
Sheffield v. Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. (2013)
41:278 (CA op.)
Shim: see People v. Shim
Silas v. Arden (2012) 213 CA4th 75
41:19 (CA op. & cert. for pub.), 85 (SC rev.
& depub. den.)
Silva v. Department of Highway Patrol (2013)
41:153 (WCAB)
Snow v. Health Net, Inc. (2013)
41:270 (WCAB)
Soto v. Hartford Ins. Co. of the Midwest (2013)
41:65 (WCAB)
South Coast Framing, Inc. v. WCAB (Clark) (2013) 78
CCC 1277
41:192–93 (CA writ gtd.), 268 (CA op.), 307 (SC
pub. pdg.)
Southern Calif. Edison v. WCAB (Martinez) (2013) 78
CCC 825
41:88 (CA writ gtd.), 189 (CA op.), 263 (SC pub.
den.)
State ex rel. Dept. of Calif. Highway Patrol v.
Superior Court (Alvarado) (2013) 220 CA4th 612, 78 CCC 1119
41:275 (CA op. & cert. for pub.), 307 (SC
rev. & pub. pdg.)
State Farm General Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Lutz/CIGA) (2013)
218 CA4th 258, 78 CCC 758
41:5–6 (CA writ gtd.), 139 (CA op.), 167 (CA
cert. for pub.)
State of Arizona (and Aguilar) v. ASARCO, LLC (9th
Cir. 2013, unpublished)
41:243 (USCA op. quote)
Stewart v. Union Carbide Corp. (2011)
41:162 (SC rev. & depub.
den.)
Swanson v. Simpson Timber Co. (2013) 78 CCC 1125
41:256 (CA op.)
Tassell v. WCAB (Solteck of San
Diego) (2013)
41:160 (CA op. in docket)
Taylor: see County of Riverside v. WCAB (Taylor)
Turner v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. (2013)
41:39 (WCAB)
United States Fire Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Palafox) (2013)
41:258 (WCAB noted, CA writ den., SC rev. den.)
Universal Psychiatric Medical Group, Inc. v. WCAB (Yero) (2013)
41:6 (CA writ gtd.), 137 (CA op.)
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar (2013) 570 U.S. ___, 133 S Ct 2517, 186 L Ed 2d 503
41:155 (USSC op.)
Valdez v. WCAB (Warehouse Demo Services) (2013) 57
C4th 1231, 78 CCC 1209
41:260 (SC op. noted), 261 (SC op.)
Valenzuela v. Department of Corrections (2013)
41:222 (WCAB)
Vance v. Ball State University (2013) 570 U.S.
___, 133 S Ct 2434, 186 L Ed 2d 565
41:165 (USSC op.)
Vandenberg v. Kings County (2013)
41:66 (WCAB)
Ventura v. ABM Industries, Inc. (2012) 212 CA4th 258,
77 CCC 1091
41:44 (CA op.), 85 (SC rev. & depub. den.)
Walton v. William Powell Co. (2012)
41:163 (SC rev. dsm’d)
Webb v. Special Electric Co. (2013) 214 CA4th 595,
1386d (mod.)
41:69 (CA op.), 139 (CA rhg.
den. & SC rev. gtd.), 254 (noted)
Weinberg v. Insurance Co. of the West (2013)
41:250 (WCAB)
Williams v. Home Depot (2013)
41:216 (CA op.), 307 (SC rev. den.)
Wright v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2013)
41:199 (WCAB)
Wycinsky v. City of Citrus Heights (2012)
41:17 (WCAB)
Yera v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. (J.C. Penney) (2013)
41:122 (WCAB)
Yero: see Universal Psychiatric Medical Center, Inc. v.
WCAB (Yero)