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  • Case name:
    County of San Bernardino v. WCAB (McCoy)
    Date:
    02/29/2012
    Note:
    An employer's use of the good faith personnel action defense in Labor Code 3208.3 barred a technician's claim for migraine headaches.
    Citation:
    E053173
    WCC citation:
    WCC 38642012 CA
  • Case name:
    County of San Diego v. WCAB (Pike)
    Date:
    03/06/2018
    Note:
    Citation:
    D072648
    WCC citation:
    WCAB No. ADJ7811907
  • Case name:
    County of San Joaquin v. WCAB and James Davis
    Date:
    02/27/2006
    Note:
    An attorney injured in the course of his jury duty was properly compensated at an amount reflecting his maximum earning capacity, rather than the $5 per day wage for jury duty.
    Citation:
    147 Cal. App. 4th 1459
    WCC citation:
    WCC 32092006 CA
  • Case name:
    County of San Joaquin vs. WCAB (Sepulveda)
    Date:
    04/21/2004
    Note:
    Carrier may take credit for PDAs not specifically set forth in C&R.
    Citation:
    117 Cal.App.4th 1180
    WCC citation:
    WCC 29842004 CA
  • Case name:
    County of San Luis Obispo v. WCAB (Martinez)
    Date:
    09/29/2005
    Note:
    To establish discrimination, an employee must show that he was singled out for disadvantageous treatment because of his injury.
    Citation:
    133 Cal. App. 4th 641
    WCC citation:
    WCC 31272005 CA
  • Case name:
    County of San Mateo v. WCAB
    Date:
    07/13/1982
    Note:
    Not entitled to full salary leave of absence when injury occurred after nonmedical resignation.
    Citation:
    133 Cal.App.3d 737, 47 CCC 739
    WCC citation:
    WCC 26791982 CA
  • Case name:
    County of Ventura v. WCAB
    Date:
    10/04/1993
    Note:
    Right to arbitration on 'contribution' issues is waived if not timely raised.
    Citation:
    58 CCC 649
    WCC citation:
    WCC 26251993 CA
  • Case name:
    Courtney v. City of Redondo Beach
    Date:
    02/27/2008
    Note:
    [Unpublished] The City did not violate its legal duty to reassign Plaintiffs to another equivalent job for which they were qualified because the evidence showed no such positions were available when they were terminated.
    Citation:
    B192927
    WCC citation:
    WCC 33222008 CA
  • Case name:
    Cox v. San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Dept.
    Date:
    03/28/2012
    Note:
    A sheriff's deputy terminated during his new-hire probationary period failed to prove his claim of disability discrimination based upon his alleged cerebral palsy.
    Citation:
    B231260
    WCC citation:
    WCC 38792012 CA
  • Case name:
    Cranford v. City of Huntington Beach
    Date:
    03/02/2012
    Note:
    A municipal employer's release of medical information from an employee's workers' compensation claim file did not constitute an adverse employment action for purposes of the state Fair Employment and Housing Act.
    Citation:
    G043791
    WCC citation:
    WCC 38672012 CA
  • Case name:
    Crawford v. WCAB
    Date:
    06/13/1989
    Note:
    WCAB has wide latitude in enforcement of contempt findings.
    Citation:
    213 Cal.App.3d 156, 54 CCC 198
    WCC citation:
    WCC 25651989 CA
  • Case name:
    Creative Environments of Hollywood v. USF Ins. Co.
    Date:
    08/20/2012
    Note:
    An insurance carrier had no duty to defend its client from a claim by an injured plumbing subcontractor for maintaining an unsafe work environment since the plain language of its policy specifically excluded coverage for bodily injury to such workers arising out of their employment.
    Citation:
    B232436
    WCC citation:
    WCC 39222012 CA
  • Case name:
    Criswell v. WCAB
    Date:
    02/20/2009
    Note:
    WCAB's decision not to order surgery supported by substantial evidence and applicant's effective waiver of the issue in adopting a stipulated award.
    Citation:
    F056510
    WCC citation:
    WCC 34942009 CA
  • Case name:
    Crown Appliance vs. WCAB (Wong)
    Date:
    02/05/2004
    Note:
    Substantial evidence supporting finding of discrimination will not be reversed on appeal; attorney fees for meritless appeal proper.
    Citation:
    115 Cal.App.4th 620
    WCC citation:
    WCC 29692004 CA
  • Case name:
    Crumlish v. the Board of Administration of the San Diego City Employees
    Date:
    03/15/2012
    Note:
    A public employer's pension system is not collaterally estopped from denying an employee an industrial disability pension after the employer has agreed a certain injury was work-related for purposes of workers' compensation benefits.
    Citation:
    D058955
    WCC citation:
    WCC 38742012 CA
  • Case name:
    Cruz v. Mercedes-Benz of San Francisco
    Date:
    09/05/2007
    Note:
    'Amputations,' as used in Labor Code section 4656(c)(2)(C) means the severance or removal of a limb, part of a limb, or other body appendage, including both traumatic loss in an industrial injury and surgical removal during treatment of an industrial injury.
    Citation:
    72 CCC 1281
    WCC citation:
    WCC 32512007 CA
  • Case name:
    Cuiellette v. City of Los Angeles
    Date:
    04/07/2009
    Note:
    [Unpublished] Plaintiff's 100 percent total permanent disability rating was not, as a matter of law a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for defendant's adverse employment action.
    Citation:
    B203820
    WCC citation:
    None
  • Case name:
    Cumbre, Inc. et al. v. State Compensation Insurance Fund
    Date:
    11/09/2010
    Note:
    State Fund gave Cumbre Insurance Services a fair chance to appeal its decision to terminate the brokerage from its preferred brokerage program, the 4th District Court of Appeal ruled.
    Citation:
    E048799
    WCC citation:
    WCC 36812010 CA
  • Case name:
    Curah v. California State Personnel Board
    Date:
    04/09/2008
    Note:
    [Unpublished] Plaintiff's employment was not terminated because he complained about racial discrimination or about mistreatment. Rather, plaintiff's employment was terminated because he littered, urinated in public, and intimidated his co-workers.
    Citation:
    B194431
    WCC citation:
    WCC 33382008 CA
  • Case name:
    Currie v. WCAB
    Date:
    02/26/2001
    Note:
    Pre-judgment interest included in 132a awards; accrues after wrongful conduct.
    Citation:
    24 Cal. 4th 1109, 66 CCC 208
    WCC citation:
    WCC 24442001 CA

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