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)