17 Nov 2015
Supervisor’s Verbal Attack on Applicant Was Not Disciplinary or Correction Action: Cal. Comp. Cases December Advanced Postings (11/17/2015)
Here’s the latest batch of advanced postings for the December 2015 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases.
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Travelers Property Casualty Company of America, insurer for Quest Diagnostics, Inc., Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Rouhangiz Mahmoudi, Respondents, lexis.com, Lexis Advance
Psychiatric Injury—Good Faith Personnel Actions—Physical Injury—WCAB, affirming WCJ’s decision, held that defendant failed to establish that applicant clinical laboratory scientist’s claim for psychiatric injury and heart attack that applicant suffered after being verbally confronted by her supervisor was barred by good-faith personnel action defense in Labor Code § 3208.3(h), when WCAB found that…
City of Richmond/Police Department, PSI, adjusted by Acclamation Insurance Management Services, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Eduardo Soto, Respondents, lexis.com, Lexis Advance
Injury AOE/COE—Off-Duty Recreational, Social, and Athletic Activities—WCAB, affirming WCJ’s decision, held that applicant police officer’s injury incurred while riding dirt bike off-duty was compensable, when WCAB concluded that applicant met two-prong test to establish compensability by showing that…