Cases Reported in CWCR
During 2018–2020
© 2018-2020 California Workers’ Compensation Reporter
[February
2018–December 2020; 46 CWCR 1–304; 47
CWCR 1–308; 48 CWCR 1–262]
Abarca v. Citizens of Humanity, LLC (2019)
47:204 (CA op.), 305 (SC rev. den.)
Adams v. Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund
(2020)
48:161 (WCAB)
Adney v. Americold Logistics LLC
(2019)
47:35 (WCAB)
Alaniz v. Sun Pacific Shippers, L.P. (2020) 48 CA5th
332
48:93 (CA op.), 179 (SC rev. pet. withdrawn)
Alea North American Ins. Co. et al. v. WCAB: see Herrera
v. Maple Leaf Foods/US Fire Ins. Co./Alea North Am. Ins. Co.
Allen v. Antelope Valley Union High School Dist.
(2019)
47:86 (WCAB)
Allergan, Inc.: see Glynn v. Superior Court (Allergan,
Inc.)
Allied Signal Aerospace v. WCAB (Wiggs)
(2019) 35 CA5th 1077, 84 CCC 367
47:105 (CA op.); see also Wiggs
v. Allied Signal Aerospace/St. Paul Travelers Ins.
Alnimri v. Southwest Airlines/Ace Ins. Co. (2019)
47:189 (WCAB)
Alvarado v. Department of California Highway Patrol
(2018)
46:224 (CA op.), 302 (SC rev. den.)
Alvarado v. Warner Bros. Studios (2018) 83 CCC 1597
(writ den.)
46:119 (WCAB)
Alzayat: see People ex rel. Alzayat
v. Hebb
Amedee v. Pacific Bell Telephone Co./Old Republic Ins. Co.
(2018) 83 CCC 1069
46:57 (WCAB)
Anaya v. General Equipment & Supplies, Inc. (2019)
47:231 (CA op.), 305 (SC rev. pet. withdrawn)
Anzalado (Dec’d) v.
Sandberg Furniture Mfg./Safety Nat’l Cas.; Nat’l
Union Ins.
48:247 (WCAB)
Applied Materials, et al. v. WCAB (Chadburn)
(2020)
48:151 (CA writ gtd.; see also Chadburn, infra)
Armenta v. SSA Pacific, Inc. (2019)
47:137 (WCAB)
Atkinson v. First Transit, Inc. (2019)
47:55 (WCAB)
Audette v. WCAB (LosAngeles Kings
et al./Federal Ins. Co.) (2019) 84 CCC 829 (writ den.)
47:116 (WCAB), 160 (CA writ den.)
B. B. et al. v. County of Los Angeles (2020) 10 C5th 1
48: 151 (SC
op. noted)
Balgeman v. Get A Mattress/State Comp. Ins. Fund (2020)
48:226 (WCAB)
Balvaneda v. Options A Child Care and Human Services/Everest
Nat’l Ins. Co./Sparta Ins. Co. (2019)
47:118 (WCAB)
Banuelos (Dec’d) v. Time
Warner, Inc. et al./New Hampshire Ins. Co. (2020)
48:219 (WCAB)
Barnes v. City of Fullerton (2018)
47:5 (WCAB)
Barnes v. Sea Hawaii Rafting LLC; Henry (2018) 886 F3d
758
46:63 (USCA op.)
Barri v. WCAB (2018) 28 CA5th 428, 83 CCC 1643
46:229–30 (CA op.), 235 (CA op. pub.)
Bates v. County of San Mateo (2019) 84 CCC 648
47:82 (WCAB)
Batterton v. Dutra Group (2018) 880 F3d 1089
46:17 (USCA op.); 47 CWCR 188 (USCA rev, & rmd.); see
Dutra Group v. Batterton (USSC op.)
Becerra /Indemnity Ins. Co. of No. Am. v. Giroux Glass/Liberty
Mutual/Barrett Business Services et al. (2019)
47:121 (WCAB)
Beitia v. City of Oakland (2018) 83 CCC 1598
46:133 (WCAB)
Beitpolous v. California Correctional Healthcare Services (2018)
83 CCC 1078
46:83 (WCAB)
Bennett v. Rancho Calif. Water Dist. (2019) 35 CA5th
908
47:123 (CA op.; rhg.
den.), 129 (CA op. mod.), 305 (SC depub. den.)
Bermejo v. Jorge Castro Farms/Star Ins. Co. (2019)
47:91 (WCAB)
Berry v. Hospice
of the Foothills (2018)
46:39 (WCAB)
Besag v. Contra Costa County (2018)
46:115 (WCAB)
Bingener v. City of Los Angeles (2020) 44 CA5th 134
48:16 (CA op.)
Blais v. State (2020)
48:133 (WCAB)
Boano v. State of Calif., Dept. of Fire & Forestry
Protection; SIBTF (2020)
48:210 (WCAB)
Boucher v. Houston Gamblers (2019)
47:135 (WCAB)
Bowen v. County of San Bernardino (2019)
47:58 (WCAB)
Bresson v. Vons Grocery Co. and UPS/Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.
(2018)
46:109 (WCAB)
Brome v. California Highway Patrol (2020) 44 CA5th 786,
85 CCC 103
48:13 (CA op.)
Brothers v. State of Calif., Dept. of Forestry, etc.
(2019)
47:273 (WCAB)
Brotherhood Mut. Ins. Co. v.
WCAB (Guideone Mut. Ins.
Co./Lewis) (2020) 85 CCC 931 (writ den.)
48:199 (CA writ den.)
Brown: see Qualcomm v. WCAB (Brown)
Bulanadi v. Southern Calif. Permanente Med. Group (2018)
46:252 (CA op.)
Burch v. CertainTeed Corp. (2019, 2020) 34 CA5th 341
47:95 (CA op.; rhg.
den.), 136 (SC rev. gtd.), 48:151 (noted)
Bustos v. Global P.E.T., Inc. (2018) 19 CA5th 558
46:47 (CA op.; mod.; rhg.
den.)
CA Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation v.
WCAB: see Potter v. California Dept. of
Corrections-Inmate Claims
Caldera v. Department of Corrections &
Rehabilitation (2018) 25 CA5th 31, (2020) 48 CA5th 601
46:197 (CA op.), 48:95 (CA op. on FEHA atty. fee)
California Ins. Guar. Ass’n
v. San Diego County Schools Risk Management Joint Powers Auth. (2019) 41 CA5th
640, 84 CCC 957
47:237 (CA op.)
Camacho v. Pirate Staffing/Lumbermen’s Indemnity/CIGA/Exclusive
Tent Rentals/State Comp. Ins. Fund (2017) 83 CCC 561
46:11 (WCAB)
Camacho v. Target Corp. (2018) 24 CA5th 291
46:142 (CA op.)
Camara v. Tesla, Inc./American Zurich Ins. Co. (2020)
48:35 (WCAB)
Camp v. Estate of Patterson (2017) 83 CCC 15
46:21 (CA op.), 75 (SC rev. den.)
Campos v. City of Clovis (2020)
48:137 (WCAB)
Cappucci v. Valley Transit Authority (2020)
48:188 (WCAB)
Cardoza v. County of Alameda (2018)
46:164 (WCAB)
Cargile v. State (2020)
48:136 (WCAB)
Carreon v. Cleveland Indians; San Francisco
Giants/CIGA/Legion Ins./National Union Fire Ins. (2019)
47:241 (WCAB)
Carrillo-Torres v. Bergen (2018)
46:64 (CA op.), 131 (SC and CA pub. den.)
Case v. State Farm Mut.
Auto. Ins. Co. (2018) 30 CA5th 397
47:17 (CA op.)
Castillo v. Price Pfister,
Inc. (2018)
46:146 (CA op.)
Cecena v. Walt Disney Co. (2019)
47:265 (WCAB), 305 (CA writ den.)
Chacon v. Union Pacific Railroad (2020) 56 CA5th 565
48:236 (CA op.)
Chadburn v. Applied Materials, Inc./XL Specialty Ins./Arrowood Indem. Co. (2019)
47:170 (WCAB), 48:151 (CA rev. gtd.; see Applied
Materials, supra)
Chavez v. Chief Auto Parts; Autozone,
Inc. (2018)
46:137 (WCAB)
Chavez v. Cut It Right Tree Service/State Comp. Ins.
Fund (2020)
48:182 (WCAB)
Christensen v. Pacific Bell Telephone Co. (2018) 83
CCC 1885
46:278 (CA op.)
Cisar v. Orange County Fire Authority (2019)
47:25 (WCAB)
City of Concord v. WCAB (Ligouri):
see Ligouri v. City of Concord
City of Pacifica: see City of South San Francisco v.
WCAB (City of Pacifica/Johnson)
City of Hope Nat’l Med. Ctr. v. WCAB: see Kong v. City
of Hope
City of Petaluma v. WCAB (Lindh) (2018, 2019) 29 CA5th
1175, 83 CCC 1869
46:108 (CA writ gtd.), 257 (CA op.), 47:136 (SC
rev. den.)
City of Pinole v. WCAB (Field): see Field v. City of
Pinole
City of Pittsburg v. WCAB (Ligouri):
see Ligouri v. City of Concord
City of South San Francisco v. WCAB (City of Pacifica/Johnson)
(2018) 20 CA5th 881, 83 CCC 451
46:4 (CA writ gtd.), 28 (CA op.)
Coffman: see East Bay Municipal Utilities Dist. v.
WCAB (Coffman)
Colamonico v. Secure Transportation/National Union Fire Ins. Co.
(2019) 84 CCC 1059
47:265 (WCAB en banc)
Cole v. Marconi Conference Center/State Comp. Ins.
Fund/American Ins. Co. (2018)
46:247 (WCAB)
Collins v. City of Vacaville (2019) 84 CCC 340
47:36 (WCAB)
Colucci v. T-Mobile USA, Inc. (2020) 48 CA5th 442
48:118 (CA op.), 179 (SC rev. den.)
Condit v. Panama Buena Vista Unified School Dist.
(2018)
46:139 (WCAB)
Conley v. Department of Health Care Services (2018)
46:42 (WCAB)
Contreras Curiel Corp. v.
Superior Court (G.S., a minor) (2020) 85 CCC 829
48:213 (CA op.), 221 (pet. for rev.)
Contreras-Perales v. Bruno (2019)
47:281-82 (CA op.)
Corona v. California Walls, Inc. (dba Crown Industrial
Operators)/Farmers Oklahoma City (2020)
48:201 (WCAB)
County of Imperial v. WCAB (Martinez) (2020) 85 CCC
792
48:153 (CA writ den.)
County of San Bernardino v. WCAB (Nelson-Watkins): see
Nelson-Watkins v. County of San Bernardino
County of San Diego v. WCAB (Pike) (2018) 21 CA5th 1,
83 CCC 465
48:103 (CA op.)
County of Santa Clara v. WCAB (Justice) (2020) 49
CA5th 605, 84 CCC 467
48:103 (CA op.), 179 (SC rev. den.)
Cruz v. National Steel and Shipbuilding Co.; Peterson
Industrial Scaffolding, Inc.; United States of America (2018) 910 F3d 1263
47:19 (USCA-9th op.)
Cuevas v. Del Monte Meat Co., Inc./Companion Prop.
& Cas. Ins. Co. (2018)
46:191 (WCAB)
Davila v. Derby (2018)
46:94–95 (CA op.), 302 (SC rev. den.)
Davis v. City of Modesto (2018)
47:8 (WCAB)
Davis v. Pacific Bell Telephone Co. (2019)
47:268 (WCAB)
De Lay v. California Ins. Guar. Ass’n
(for Superior Nat’l)/Dignity Health/Travelers (2019) 84 CCC 934
47:191 (WCAB)
De Petro v. Napa Cabs/Italianate, Inc./Republic Indem. Co. of Amer. (2018)
46:152–53 (WCAB noted)
Delgadillo v. Television Center, Inc. (2018) 20 CA5th
1078
46:45 (CA op.) , 131 (SC rev den.)
Delmar v. Concorde Battery Co./Alaska Nat’l Ins. Co.
(2018)
47:14 (WCAB)
Dennis v. State Dept. of Corrections and Rehab. Inmate
Claims (2020) 85 CCC 28, 389
48:1 (WCAB en banc), 51
(2d WCAB en banc noted)
Dent, et al. v. National Football League (2020) 968
F3d 1126
48:212 (USCA 9th Cir. op.)
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation v. WCAB
(Fitzpatrick) (2018) 27 CA5th 607, 83 CCC 1680
46:55 (CA writ gtd.), 209 (CA op.), 216 (noted),
302 (SC depub. den.)
Depeters v. Frito Lay/Ace American Ins. Co. (2019)
47:29 (WCAB)
Diaz v. S & R Farm Labor Contractor, Inc. (2018)
46:122 (CA op.)
Diaz v. Southern Calif. Edison Co. (2018)
46:124 (CA op. noted)
Dollemore v. Wayne Perry, Inc./Starr Surplus Lines (2018)
47:10 (WCAB)
Douglass v. Hertz Corp./ACE Ins. Co. (2020)
48:113 (WCAB)
Douglas (Dec.) v. California Dept. of Forestry and
Fire Protection (2020)
48:49 (WCAB)
Dufresne v. Gryphon Aircraft Services; Guideone Mutual Ins. Co. (2019)
47:278 (CA op.)
Duran v. Forever 21 Retail Inc./Chubb Group (2018) 83
CCC 1089
46:88 (WCAB)
Durazo v. Solomon Dental Corp. (dba Dental Wellness)/Employers
Comp. Ins. (2020) 85 CCC 976
48:209 (WCAB)
Dutra Group v. Batterton
(2019) 588 US ___, 204 LEd2d 692, 139 SCt 2275
47:143 (USSC op.); see also Batterton
v. Dutra Group
Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court (Lee) (2018)
4 C5th 903, 83 CCC 817
46:43 (noted), 105 (SC op. noted), 131 (rhg. & mod. den.)
East Bay Municipal Utilities Dist. v. WCAB (Coffman)
(2018)
46:77 (writ grant annulled, remanded to WCAB)
Elguea v. Southern
California Pizza Co., LLC (2018) 83 CCC 1186
46:147 (CA op.)
Elliott v. Connect the Dots, Inc. (2020)
48:69 (CA op.)
Encinas v. M. Gaw, Inc. dba Jet
Sets; Enstar, Inc. (2019)
47:250 (WCAB)
Enriquez v. Sounty of Santa
Barbara/Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund (2019)
47:197 (WCAB)
Escamilla v. Cacique, Inc./Travelers Ins. Co. (2018)
83 CCC 1099
46:80 (WCAB)
Eviston v. Subsequent Injuries Benefits
Trust Fund (SIBTF) (2020)
48:139 (WCAB)
F.(M.) v. Pacific Pearl Hotel Management (2018)
46:30 (SC rev. den.); see also 45:269 (CA op.)
Fatu v. Roland Curtains, Inc. (2020)
48:121 (CA op.), 179 (SC rev. den.)
Field v. City of Pinole (2018) 84 CCC 22
46:271 (WCAB), 302 (CA writ den.)
Fields v. Interim, Inc. (2019) 84 CCC 475
47:207 (CA op.), 305 (SC rev. & pub. den.)
Fisher v. Channing (2019)
47:147 (CA op.)
Fitzpatrick: see Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation v. WCAB (Fitzpatrick)
Ford v. WCAB (Hernandez): see Pearson Ford v. WCAB
Fraire v. California Dept. of Corrs. & Rehab. (2020) 85
CCC 697
48:52 (WCAB)
Franco v. Epicurian
Group/Employers Comp. Ins. Co. (2020)
48:116 (WCAB)
Franco v. MV Transportation, Inc./ACE American Ins.
Co. (2019) 84 CCC 666
47:109 (WCAB), 131 (noted)
Fuentes v. City and County of San Francisco (2020)
48:61 (WCAB)
Fuller v. Monterey Bay Aquarium/Zurich North Am.
(2020)
48:156 (WCAB)
Garcia v. Border Transportation Group, LLC (2018) 28
CA5th 558, 1090a, 83 CCC 1775
46:243 (CA op.; mod. & rhg.
den. noted)
Garcia v. Reynolds Packing Co./United States Fire Ins.
Co. (2018)
46:41 (WCAB)
Gault v. American Vacation Clubs, Inc./Republic
Underwriters Ins. Co. (2018)
46:266 (WCAB)
Gilbert v. Department of Social Services, In-Home
Support Services; Adventist Health of Calif./Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. (2018)
46:117 (WCAB)
Gillotte v. City of Novato Police Dept. et al. (2018)
46:187 (WCAB)
Glynn v. Superior Court (Allergan, Inc.) (2019) 42
CA5th 47
47:277 (CA op.)
Go: see Sutter Solano Medical Center v. WCAB (Go)
Gold v. City of Culver City (2018)
46:167 (WCAB)
Gomez v. Department of Forestry (2020)
48:205 (WCAB)
Gonzalez v. Cal Fire (2020) 85 CCC 412
48:59 (WCAB
noted)
Gonzalez v. Mathis (2018) 20 CA5th 257, 83 CCC 198
46:20 (CA op.), 131 (SC rev. gtd.)
Gorbanwand v. Pacific GIS, Inc. dba Sultan ADHC/Oak River Ins.
(2019)
47:251 (WCAB)
Gordon v. ARC Manufacturing, Inc./Golden Eagle Ins.
Corp. (Intervenor) (2019) 43 CA5th 705
48:38 (CA op.)
Goulette v. Bragg Cos./Zurich Am. Ins. (2020)
48:160 (WCAB)
Grahe v. Philadelphia Phillies (2018)
46:269 (WCAB)
Grasso v. County of Alameda (2020)
48:155 (WCAB)
Gross v. Oakland Unified School Dist. (2018)
46:222 (WCAB)
Guillen v. Infinity Staffing/AGGCAP Ins. (2020) 85 CCC
867 (writ den. as Infinity Staffing v. WCAB)
48:33 (WCAB), 179 CA writ den.)
Gund v. County of Trinity (2018, 2020) 10 C5th 503, 85 CCC
735
46:105 (CA op.), 229 (SC rev. gtd.), 48:175 (SC op.)
Gustafson v. City of Mountain View (2019)
47:230 (WCAB)
Gutierrez v. Structural Alternative Solution
Concepts/National Union Fire Ins. (2018)
46:267 (WCAB)
Guzman: see State Comp. Ins. Fund v. WCAB (Guzman)
(2018)
Guzman Rodriguez v. Waste Management Collection &
Recycling/Ace American Ins. Co. (2018)
46:221 (WCAB)
Hablian et al. v. Zurich et al. (2020) 85 CCC 858 (writ den.)
48:32 (WCAB), 221 (writ den.)
Hagen v. WCAB (Todd): see Todd v. Subsequent Injuries
Benefits Trust Fund
Harden v. County of Sacramento (2019) 85 CCC 421
48:9 (WCAB)
Harry v. Ring the Alarm, LLC (2019) 34 CA5th 749
47:96 (CA op.)
Hart v. Keenan Properties, Inc. (2020) 9 C5th 442
48:117 (SC op.), 140 (CA briefing order)
Hart v. Keenan Properties, Inc. (2020)
48:260 (CA op.)
Harvey v. Bakers Places, Inc./Cypress Ins. Co. (2020)
48:210 (WCAB noted)
Havay v. State of California (2017) 83 CCC 916
46:8 (WCAB)
Heavy Transport, Inc. see Hollingsworth v. Superior
Court (Heavy Transport, Inc.)
Hernandez: see Pearson Ford v. WCAB (Hernandez)
Hernandez v. Henkel Loctite Corp./Zurich American Ins.
Co. (2018) 83 CCC 698, 1424 (writ den.)
46:53 (WCAB en banc),
131 (CA writ den. & remand)
Hernandez v. Quail Run Ranch/State Comp. Ins. Fund;
Oma Ojai Pacific/Zenith Ins. Co./Ace USA Ins. Co./ESIS (2018)
46:152 (WCAB noted), 218 (correction)
Hernandez v. Rancho Santiago Community College Dist.
(2018) 22 CA5th 1187, 83 CCC 869
46:93 (CA op.)
Hernandez v. TS Staffing Services/California Ins.
Guar. Ass’n (2020)
48:29 (WCAB)
Herrera v. Maple Leaf Foods/U.S. Fire Ins. Co./Alea North Am. Ins. Co. (2018) 83 CCC 1829, 84 CCC 17 (writ
den.)
46:157 (WCAB), 302 (CA writ den.; attorney fee
den.)
Hidalgo v. AKOP (or IKOP)/Starr Ins. Co., et al.
(2020)
48:110 (WCAB)
Hindawi: see Southern Ins. Co./Value Cars, Inc. v. WCAB (Hindawi)
Hirschberger v. Stockwell, Harris, Woolverton and Muehl/State Comp.
Ins. Fund (2018; mod. 12/1/18) 84 CCC 229
46:238 (WCAB)
Hobbs v. North Valley Electronics Distributing /
Employers Comp. Ins. Co. ; Massachusetts Bay Ins. Co.; Hanover Ins. Group
(2020)
48:183 (WCAB)
Hollingsworth v. Superior Court (Heavy Transport,
Inc.) (2019) 37 CA5th 927, 84 CCC 718
47:157 (CA op.)
Hom v. City and County of San Francisco (2020) 85 CCC 863
(writ den.)
48:181 (WCAB)
Hoover v. Trading Places Int’l/Clarendon Ins. Co.
(2018)
47:12 (WCAB)
Horick (dec’d) v. John T. Malloy,
Inc./Commerce & Indus. Ins. Co. (2018)
46:168 (WCAB)
Horne v. Ahern Rentals, Inc. (2020) 50 CA5th 192, 85
CCC 485
48:141 (CA op.), 179 (SC rev. gtd.)
Hovanesian v. Arcadia Transit, Inc. dba Supershuttle
of San Fernando (2019)
47:247 (WCAB)
Hunter v. Ryerson Steel Service/Travelers (2018)
46:31 (WCAB)
Hunter v. Anschutz Entertainment Group (2019)
47:204 (CA op. noted)
IKOP: see Hidalgo v. AKOP (or IKOP)
Illinois Midwest Ins. Agency: see Small v. Lightfoot
(et al.)
Imaizumi Hobbs v. County of Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept. (2020)
48:187 (WCAB)
In re: COVID-19 . . . En
Banc (2020) WCAB Misc. No. 260, 85 CCC 296
48 CWCR 73
(WCAB)
In re: COVID-19 . . . En
Banc—No. 2 (2020) WCAB Misc. No. 261, 85 CCC 299
48 CWCR 74
(WCAB)
In re: COVID-19 . . . En
Banc—No. 4 (2020) WCAB Misc. No. 263, 85 CCC 573
48 CWCR 150
(WCAB)
In re: COVID-19 . . . En
Banc—No. 5 (2020) WCAB Misc. No. 264, 85 CCC 921
48 CWCR 219
(WCAB)
In re: COVID-19 . . . En
Banc—No. 6 (2020) WCAB Misc. No. 265, 85 CCC 924
48 CWCR 219
(WCAB)
Infinity Staffing et al.: see Guillen v. Infinity
Staffing
International Paper, PSI v. WCAB (Russell) (2018)
47:29 (CA writ den. noted): see Russell v.
International Paper Co.
Jensen v. County of Santa Barbara, Dept. of Social
Services (2018)
46:162 (WCAB)
Jimenez v. U.S. Continental Marketing, Inc. (2019) 41
CA5th 189
46:256 (CA op.)
Johnson: see City of South San Francisco v. WCAB (City
of Pacifica/Johnson)
Johnson v. City of Oakland (2020)
48:239 (WCAB)
Johnson v. The Raytheon Co., Inc. (2019) 33 CA5th 617,
84 CCC 167
47:67 (CA op.)
Jones v. Sorenson (2018) 25 CA5th 933, 83 CCC 1397
46:169 (CA op.)
Juarez v. Rogers Helicopters, Inc. (2019)
47:149 (CA op.), 188 (SC pub. den.)
Justice: see County of Santa Clara v. WCAB (Justice)
Kamm v. County of Monterey (2019)
47:88 (WCAB)
Kessler v. E. & J. Gallo Winery (2018)
46:61 (WCAB)
Khachatrian v. State of California Attorney General’s Office,
Calif. Dept. of Justice (2019) 84 CCC 543
47:93 (WCAB)
King v. CompPartners, Inc.
(2018) 5 C5th 1039, 83 CCC 1523, 1791 (subsequent CA op.)
46:181 (SC op.)
Klimkiewicz v. Regents of the Univ. of Calif.
(2020) 85 CCC 678
48:89 (WCAB), 140 (CA writ den.)
Knobler v. Los Angeles Unif.
Sch. Dist. (2020)
48:114 (WCAB)
Kong v. City of Hope Nat’l Med. Ctr. (2020) 85 CCC 655
48:84 (WCAB), 140 (CA writ den.)
Konishi v. San Mateo Transit Dist. (2020)
48:210 (WCAB noted)
Langarica v. Penske Truck Leasing/Old Republic General Ins.
(2019)
47:112 (WCAB)
Lawson v. Grubhub, Inc.
(2018) 83 CCC 498
46:43 (USDC, NDCA, op. and appeal noted)
Ledesma v. Nelson Martinez; Amador Estrada; Sara
Montenegro (2019)
47:220 (WCAB)
Lee: see Dynamex Operations
West, Inc. v. Superior Court (Lee)
Leggette v. CPS Security (2020) 85 CCC 321
48:59 (WCAB)
Lewis v. County of Riverside (2020)
48:82 (WCAB)
Lewis v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit
Authority (2018) 83 CCC 878
46:67 (CA op.), 131 (SC rev. den.)
Lewis: see Brotherhood Mut.
Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Guideone Mut.
Ins. Co./Lewis)
Li v. Department of Industrial Relations (2020) 85 CCC
361
48:77 (CA op.)
Liberty Ins. Co. (Intervener): see Picazzo
v. C.W. Driver, Inc.
Liberty Surplus Ins. Corp. v. Ledesma & Meyer
Constr. Co., Inc. (2018) 5 C5th 216, 784a, 83 CCC 999
46:121 (SC op.), 157 (SC op. mod.)
Ligouri v. City of Concord (2018)
46:131 (SC & CA rev. den.); see 45:284 (WCAB)
Lin Joon Oh: see Oh v.
Teachers Ins. & Annuity Ass’n et al.
Lindh: see City of Petaluma v. WCAB (Lindh)
Lockhart v. Lexmar
Distribution, Inc./Safety National Casualty Co. et al. (2019)
47:60 (WCAB)
Long v. Ralphs Grocery Co. (2018)
46:193 (WCAB)
Lopez v. Hillshire Brands Co. (2019) 41 CA5th 679
46:253 (CA op.), 305 (CA rhg.
den.)
Lopez v. Sony Electronics, Inc. (2018) 5 C5th 627
46:141 (SC op.), 302 (CA costs award mod.)
Lopez v. South State Towing/The Hartford (2019)
48:4 (WCAB)
Lowry v. Port San Luis Harbor Dist. (2020) 56 CA5th 211
48:251 (CA op.; pet for SC rev. 11/25/20, No. S265786)
McClendon v. Home Pest Defense/Rollins Inc./National
Union Fire Ins. Co. (2018)
46:248 (WCAB)
McFadden v. Keolis Transit
America/Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. (2020)
48:31 (WCAB)
McFarland v. Redlands Unified School Dist. (2017,
2018)
46:131 (CA writ den.); see 45:288 (WCAB)
McGill v. County of Fresno (2018)
46:129 and 151 (WCAB noted)
McHenry v. Asylum Entertainment Delaware, LLC (2020)
46 CA5th 469
48:67 (CA op.), 140 (SC rev. gtd.)
McKenzie v. County of San Bernardino Sheriff’s Dept.
(2020)
48:107 (WCAB)
M.F.: see F.(M.) v. Pacific Pearl Hotel Management
Majick v. Hogan & Hartson,
LLP/Pacific Indem./Fireman’s Fund (2018)
46:190 (WCAB)
Maldonado v. Beverly Hilton Hotel/Ace American Ins.
(2017) 83 CCC 922
46:12 (WCAB)
Mandonado v. Barrett Business Services, Inc. (2019)
47:64 (WCAB)
Manning v. Orange County Fire Authority (2019)
47:133 (WCAB)
Marenstein v. Seider [or Sieder], et al. (2019)
47:280-81 (CA op.)
Marsh v. US Airways Group, Inc./ACE American Ins.
Co./CIGA (for Reliance) (2019)
47:113 (WCAB)
Martinez v. County of Alameda (2018)
46:81 (WCAB)
Martinez v. State, Dept. of Corrections, etc. (2020)
48:57 (WCAB)
Martinez v. Pack Fresh Processors LLC/Midwest Ins. Co.
(2017, 2018)
46:131 (CA writ den.); see 45:277 (WCAB)
Mastache: see Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America v.
WCAB (Mastache)
Meadowbrook Ins. Co. v WCAB (Velasquez; DFS Interpreting)
42 CA5th 432, 84 CCC 1033
47:108 (CA writ gtd.), 261 (CA op.), 48:140 (SC
rev. & depub. den.)
Mendez Sanchez v. Hartmark
Cabinet Design & Mfg., Inc./Everest National Ins. Co. (2019)
47:31 (WCAB)
Miller v. Contra Costa County (2018)
46:188 (WCAB)
Mills v. American Medical Response (2019) 84 CCC 555
47:84 (WCAB)
Minish v. Hanuman Fellowship (2018)
46:48 (CA op.)
Mondragon v. Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund
(SIBTF) (2019)
48:6 (WCAB)
Moorhouse v. Alisal Guest
Ranch/Travelers Diamond Bar (2019)
47:228 (WCAB)
Mora v. Kitchell CEM Inc. (2020)
48:167 (CA
op.)
Moraga-Orinda Fire Dist. v. Favro
(Rogness) (2019) 84 CCC 382
47:98 (CA op.), 160 (SC rev. den.)
Morales (dec’d) v. The
Kroger Co. dba Ralphs Grocery Co. (2017)
46:5 (WCAB), 302 (CA dsm’d)
Moran v. Select Staffing (2019)
47:244 (WCAB)
Moreno v. Hidden Valley Ranch/Cypress (2020)
48:158 (WCAB)
Moreno v. Kern County Superintendent of Schools (2020)
48:63 (WCAB)
Moua v. Port of Stockton (2019)
47:139 (WCAB)
Mount Lemmon Fire District v. Guido (2018) 586 US ___,
202 L Ed 2d 262, 139 S Ct 22
46:275 (USSC)
Muldrow v. AMS Outsourcing/Staffchex/CIGA
(forUllico)/Semba, USA,
Inc./Mitsui Sumitomo (2019)
47:242 (WCAB)
Nelson-Watkins v. County of San Bernardino (2018) 83
CCC 1282
46:32 (WCAB), 131 (CA writ den.)
Nieves Ugalde v. Rockwell
Drywall, Inc. Star Indem. (2019)
46:168 (WCAB)
Nunies v. HIE Holdings, Inc. (2018) 904 F3d 837
46:223 (USCA op.), 233 (op. mod.)
Ochoa v. Setton Pistachio of
Terra Bella, Inc. (2019) 84 CCC 489
47:99 (CA op.)
Ochoa v. Setton Pistachio of
Terra Bella/Dole Food Co. (2019)
47:100 (CA op. noted)
Ochoa v. T.M. Duche Nut Co.
(2020)
49:253 (CA op.)
Oh v. Teachers Ins. & Annuity Ass’n
et al. (2020) 53 CA5th 71
48:193 (CA op.), 242 (SC rev. den.)
Ontiveros v. Bragg Investment Co./SeaBright
Ins. (2018)
46:37 (WCAB)
Oranje v. Crestwood Behavior Health/National Union Fire Ins.
Co. (2018, 2019)
46:272 (WCAB); 47:172 (WCAB)
Oregon State University v. Superior Court (Sutherland)
(2018)
46:30 (SC rev. den.); see also 45:243 (CA op.),
253 (CA op. on rhg.)
Pa’u v. Department of Forestry/Cal Fire (2019)
47: 219 (WCAB)
Pappas v. County of Santa Barbara (2019)
46:165 (WCAB)
Parker v. Indy Fuel Hockey/Great Divide Ins. Co.
(2017)
46:14 (WCAB)
Pascacio v. Jacobo Farm
Services/Star Ins. Co. (2019)
47:65 (WCAB)
Pearson Ford v. WCAB (Hernandez) (2017, 2018) 16 CA5th
889, 82 CCC 1105
46:30 (SC rev. den. as Ford v. WCAB); 45:225 (CA
op.), 273–74 (CA pub.)
Pena v. Aqua Systems (2020)
48:223 (WCAB)
People v. Hamilton (2018) 30 CA5th 673
47:1 (CA op.)
People v. Williams (2018) 83 CCC 1408
46:159 (CA op.)
People ex rel. Alzayat v.
Hebb (2017) 18 CA5th 801, 83 CCC 70
46:18 (CA op.), 75 (SC rev. den.)
Perani v. WCAB (2020) 85 CCC 477
48:127 (CA op.)
Peredia v. HR Mobile Services, Inc. (2018) 25 CA5th 680
46:170 (CA op.)
Perkins v. Don. L. Knox; DLK Capital, Inc./American
Modern Ins. Co. (2018) 84 CCC 44
46:240 (WCAB)
Philpot v. Performance Dairy Services,
Inc./CIGA/Imperium Ins. Co. (2020)
48:87 (WCAB)
Picazzo v. C.W. Driver, Inc. (Liberty Ins. Co. (Intervener))
(2020) 85 CCC 189
48:41 (CA op.), 140 (SC rev. den.)
Pike: see County of San Diego v. WCAB (Pike)
Poirier v. City of Menlo Park and City of Brisbane
(2018)
46:135 (WCAB), 188 (noted)
Ponce De Leon v. Southern Calif. Edison (2019)
47:194 (WCAB)
Potter v. California Dept. of Corrections-Inmate
Claims (2017)
46:10 (WCAB), 131 (CA writ den.)
Prickett v. Bonnier Corp. et al. (2020) 55 CA5th 891
48:233 (CA op.)
Pumphrey v. Baldwin Co./CIGA/Republic Indem.
of Calif. (2020)
48:227 (WCAB)
Purcell v. Allied Aviation Holdings Corp./Ins. Co. of
. . . PA (2020)
48:58 (WCAB
noted)
Qualcomm v. WCAB (Brown) (2019)
47:157 (SC rev. den.; CA writ den.; CA docket
op.)
Quigley v. Garden Valley Fire Protection Dist. (2019)
7 C5th 798
47:175 (SC op.), 305 (CA rmd.
to superior court)
Ramirez v. Altman Specialty Plant/Travelers Ins. Co.
(2020)
48:25 (WCAB)
Recano v. J. Brand, Inc./Travelers Ins. Co. (2018)
46:243 (WCAB)
Reynaud v. Technicolor Creative Services USA, Inc.
(2020) 46 CA5th 1007, 85 CCC 281
48:65 (CA op.), 179 (SC rev. den.)
Reynolds v. College Health Enterprises/California Ins.
Guar. Ass’n (2018)
46:90 (WCAB)
Riley v. County of El Dorado (2019)
47:233 (CA op.)
Riolo v. Aidells Sausage/Zenith
Ins. Co. (2019)
47:32 (WCAB)
Robles v. Southern Cal. Gas Co. (2018) 83 CCC 1122
46:77 (WCAB)
Rodriguez: see Yellow Roadway Corp. v. WCAB
(Rodriguez)
Rodriguez v. County of Riverside (2019)
47:223 (WCAB)
Rodriguez v. State of California (2018)
46:56 (WCAB)
Rodriguez v. WCAB (City of Santa Cruz) (2018, 2019) 39
CA5th 195, 84 CCC 783
47:136 (CA writ gtd.), 185 (CA op.), 305 (SC rev.
den.)
Rosales v. Automotive Racing Products/CompWest Ins. Co. (2018)
46:86 (WCAB)
Ross v. California Highway Patrol (2020)
48:243 (WCAB)
Ross v. County of Riverside (2019) 36 CA5th 25
47:145 (CA op.), 305 (SC depub.
den.)
Rudolph v. Rudolph & Sletten,
Inc. (2018)
46:173 (CA op.)
Ruiz v. Carter & Carter, APLC (2019) 84 CCC 183
47:40 (CA op.)
Ruiz v. Omniturn (2020)
48:144 (CA op.
Ruiz v. Rio Farms (2019)
47:132 (WCAB)
Russell v. International Paper Co. (2019)
47:28 (WCAB), 29 (previous CA op. noted); see
also International Paper, PSI v. WCAB (Russell)
Sanchez v. Employ Bridge (aka Select Staffing)/XL Ins.
(2019)
47:199 (WCAB)
Sandoval v. Qualcomm, Inc. (2018) 28 CA5th 381
46:251 (CA op.); 47:3 (SC rev. gtd.)
Sandoval-Mora v. Romm
Remodeling, Inc. (2019)
47:39 (CA op.)
Santos v. Crenshaw Mfg. Inc. (2020) 55 CA5th 39, 85
CCC 777
48:194 (CA op.)
Sauceda v. Fresno Unif.
Sch. Dist. (2020) 85 CCC 903
48:108 (WCAB)
Savaikie et al. v. Kaiser Found. Hosps.(2020)
52 CA5th 223
48:165 (CA op.)
Talley v. County of Fresno (2020) 51 CA5th 1060
48:163 (CA op.)
Schuy v. City of Yuba (2018) 83 CCC 1317
46:110 (WCAB)
Shanen v. County of San Bernardino, County of Fresno,
Anaheim Fullerton Towing, Rogers Helicopter, Inc./State Comp. Ins. Fund (2018)
46:261 (WCAB)
Skaff v. City of Stockton (2020)
48:202 (WCAB)
Skelton v. WCAB (2019) 39 CA5th 1098, 84 CCC 795
47:79 (CA writ gtd.), 187 (CA op. noted), 213 (CA
op.), 305 (SC rev. den.)
Slaughter v. Walsh Shea
Corridor Constructors (2020)
48:248 (WCAB)
Small v. Lightfoot/Illinois Midwest Ins. Agency, LLC
(2020) 85 CCC 382
48:98 (CA op.)
Smith v. City of Berkeley (2020)
48:206 (WCAB)
Smith v. Kern County Sheriff’s Dept. (2019)
47:271 (WCAB)
Sosa v. Advanced Knitting Mills/Employers Preferred
Ins. Co. (2018)
46:152 (WCAB noted)
Southern Ins. Co./Value Cars, Inc. v. WCAB (Hindawi) (2020) 85 CCC 631 (writ den.)
48:129 (CA writ den.), 179 (SC rev. den.)
Spencer v. Mendon and Mendon, Inc. dba Mendon’s Nursery
(2019)
47:226 (WCAB)
Springer v. RJ Donovan Correctional Facility (2020)
48:244 (WCAB)
State Comp. Ins. Fund v. WCAB (Guzman) (2018) 20 CA5th
796, 83 CCC 185
46:3 (CA op.), 30 (pub.)
State Comp. Ins. Fund v. WCAB (Med-1 Medical Center)
(2019) 84 CCC 273
47:49 (CA op.)
Stephens v. Union Pacific Ry. Co. (2019) 935 F3d 852
47:201 (USCA-9th op.)
Strouse v. Webcor Construction L.P.
(2019) 34 CA5th 703, 84 CCC 298
47:69 (CA op.), 136 (SC rev. gtd.)
Suon v. California Dairies/Ins. Co. of the
West/Hartford/Starr Indem. & Liab.
Ins. Co. (2018) 83 CCC 1803
46:233 (WCAB en banc)
Sutherland: see Oregon State University v. Superior
Court (Sutherland)
Sutter Solano Medical Center v. WCAB (Go) (2018) 83
CCC 381
46:30 (SC rev. den.),
190 (noted); see also 45:258 (WCAB)
Sutton v. San Jose Sharks/Federal Ins. Co. (2018) 83
CCC 1613
46:165 (WCAB)
Taina v. County of Santa Clara; Valley Medical Center
(2018)
46:214 (WCAB)
Talley v. County of Fresno (2020) 51 CA5th 1060
48:163 (CA op.)
Taylor Backhoe Service, Inc. v. Baker (2019)
47:202 (CA op.)
Thomas v. County of San Joaquin (2019)
47:160 (CA op.)
Thomas v. Pomona Valley Hosp. Med. Ctr. (2018) 83 CCC
1846
46:216 (WCAB)
Tibbett v. Los Angeles County Fire Dept,
(2019)
47:178 (CA op.)
Tilkey v. Allstate Ins. Co. (2020) 56 CA5th 521
48:231 (CA op.)
Todd v. Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund
(SIBTF) (2020) 85 CCC 576, 938 (writ
den. as Hagen v. WCAB)
48:131 (WCAB en banc)
Torres v. Design Group Facility Solutions, Inc. (2020)
45 CA5th 239
48:37 (CA op.), 140 (SC rev. den.)
Torres v. Personnel Staffing Group, LLC, dba Barrett
Mgmt./Protective Ins. Co. (2020)
48:249 (WCAB)
Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America v. WCAB (Mastache) (2019) 40 CA5th 728, 84 CCC 883
47:52 (CA writ gtd.), 216 (CA op.)
Tripplett v. WCAB (2018) 25 CA5th 556, 83 CCC 1175
46:129 (CA op.), 157 (pub.), 302 (SC rev. den.)
University of Calif., Irvine: see Klimkiewicz
v. Regents
Urbina v. Taylor Walk, Inc./Pacific Comp. Ins. Co.
(2018)
46:195 (WCAB)
Ugalde: see Nieves Ugalde v.
Rockwell Drywall, Inc. Star Indem.
Vaca v. Vons (2019, 2020)
47:129 (WCAB); 48:207 (WCAB)
Valdes v. City of Torrence
(2019)
47:274 (WCAB); 48:207 (WCAB
Vanguard Medical Management Billing Inc. v. Baker
(USDC CD Cal. 2017)
46:230 (noted)
Velasquez: see Meadowbrook Ins. Co./Star Ins. Co. v
WCAB (Velasquez/DFS Interpreting)
Verdugo v. California Resources Elk Hills LLC (2018)
83 CCC 1545
46:199 (CA op.)
Verduzco v. Milanesio Farms/Ins. Co.
of the West (2018)
46:219 (WCAB)
Verrazono v. Gehl
Co. (2020) 50 CA5th 636
48:142 (CA op.), 179 (SC rev. den.)
Villa v. Joe Cardoza Dairy/Paula Ins. Co./Calif. Ins. Guar.
Ass’n/Ins. Co. of the West (2018)
46:245 (WCAB)
Villanueva v. Teva
Foods/Travelers Ins. Co. (2019) 84 CCC 198
47:53 (WCAB sig. pan. dec.))
Virrueta v. State Dept. of Corrections & Rehab. (2019)
48:8 (WCAB)
Wachiuri v. Torrance Memorial Medical Center (2018) 83 CCC
1494
46:113 (WCAB)
Warner Bros. Studio Inc. v. WCAB (Alvarado): see
Alvarado v. Warner Bros. Studios
Watford v. Los Angeles Unified Sch. Dist (2020)
48:228 (WCAB)
West America Ins. Co. v. Valles (2020)
49:254 (CA op.)
Whitson v. Department of Social Services-IHSS (2017)
83 CCC 596
45:286 (WCAB)
Wiggs v. Allied Signal Aerospace/St. Paul Travelers Ins.
(2018)
46:213 (WCAB), 302 (CA writ gtd.; see also Allied
Signal Aerospace v. WCAB (Wiggs))
Williams: see People v. Williams
Williams v. City of Folsom (2020)
48:190 (WCAB)
Wilson v. Florida Marlins et al./ACE American Ins.
(2020)
48:90 (WCAB)
Wilson v. State of California Cal. Fire (2019) 84 CCC 393, 620
47:77 (WCAB en banc), 163
(WCAB en banc)
Winn v. O.G. Packing Co., Inc./State Comp. Ins. Fund
(2020)
48:112 (WCAB)
Wright v. California Public Employees Retirement
System (2020)
48:81 (WCAB)
Wright v. State (2018)
46:172 (CA op.)
X.L. Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Chadburn):
see Applied Materials, et al. v. WCAB (Chadburn); see
also Chadburn
Yellow Roadway Corp. v. WCAB (Rodriguez) (2019) 84 CCC
646
47:180 (SC rev. den.; CA writ den.; CA docket
op.)
Yoon v. Contractor Services Co. (2018) 83 CCC 1570
46:198 (CA op.)
Zuniga v. WCAB (2018) 19 CA5th 981, 83 CCC 1
46:1 (CA op.)