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  • Case name:
    Harris v. City of Santa Monica
    Date:
    02/07/2013
    Note:
    California's Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled that an employer can mount a "mixed-motive" defense to a worker's discrimination claim, but such a defense, if accepted by a jury, is not absolute.
    Citation:
    S181004
    WCC citation:
    WCC 39832013 CA
  • Case name:
    Harris v. McCutchen
    Date:
    03/29/2013
    Note:
    A former Bingham McCutchen attorney could not be compelled to arbitrate her disability discrimination claims against the law firm.
    Citation:
    B240522
    WCC citation:
    WCC 39972013 CA
  • Case name:
    Harris v. Superior Court of LA County
    Date:
    12/29/2011
    Note:
    The California Supreme Court on Thursday vacated a lower court ruling finding claims adjusters are not exempt from the state's overtime laws, without answering whether the adjuster should be exempt.
    Citation:
    S156555
    WCC citation:
    WCC 38402011 CA
  • Case name:
    Harris v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County
    Date:
    08/16/2007
    Note:
    The plaintiffs are not exempt from the overtime compensation requirements imposed by California law.
    Citation:
    B195121
    WCC citation:
    WCC 36302007 CA
  • Case name:
    Harsco Corp. v. Kiewit Pacific Co.
    Date:
    05/27/2008
    Note:
    Employer's failure to raise the issue of damages until after it had propounded discovery devices, litigated a summary judgment motion, and participated in a trial waived, forfeited, and estopped it from asserting it was not subject to a potential damage award in this case.
    Citation:
    B194481
    WCC citation:
    WCC 33732008 CA
  • Case name:
    Hart v. WCAB
    Date:
    08/08/2012
    Note:
    An injured retail worker may be entitled to further temporary total disability benefits arising from a 13-year old injury.
    Citation:
    C069347
    WCC citation:
    WCC 39192012 CA
  • Case name:
    Hartford Accident & Indem. Co. v. WCAB
    Date:
    11/01/1978
    Note:
    Service must be made to address on record with WCAB; statutory period begins when order received by attorney on record.
    Citation:
    86 Cal.App.3d 1, 43 CCC 1193
    WCC citation:
    WCC 27821978 CA
  • Case name:
    Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co. v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
    Date:
    09/18/2008
    Note:
    [Unpublished] Appellant's right to pursue a direct action against PG&E was not precluded by the settlement and dismissal of injured employee's lawsuit against PG&E.
    Citation:
    A119344
    WCC citation:
    WCC 34262008 CA
  • Case name:
    Hartford Casualty Ins. Co. vs. Mt. Hawley Ins. Co.
    Date:
    10/21/2004
    Note:
    Where a general contractor is not liable to a subcontractor under an indemnity provision, so the general contractor's own insurer is not liable to the subcontractor's insurer for an employment injury..
    Citation:
    123 Cal. App. 4th 278
    WCC citation:
    WCC 30612004 CA
  • Case name:
    Hartsuiker v. WCAB
    Date:
    01/11/1993
    Note:
    No WCAB continuing jurisdiction to award disability for hospitalization more than 5 years after injury.
    Citation:
    12 Cal.App.4th 209, 58 CCC 19
    WCC citation:
    WCC 26671993 CA
  • Case name:
    Hastings vs. Dept of Corrections
    Date:
    07/22/2003
    Note:
    A government employee alleging discrimination on the basis of physical disability must comply with the civil service requirements for the position sought for accommodation.
    Citation:
    110 Cal.App. 4th 963
    WCC citation:
    WCC 29522003 CA
  • Case name:
    Hawkins v. Amberwood Products
    Date:
    06/13/2007
    Note:
    The limit of 104 compensable weeks within two years described in section 4656(c)(1) begins on the date temporary disability indemnity is first paid.
    Citation:
    72 CCC 807
    WCC citation:
    WCC 32302007 CA
  • Case name:
    Hawkins v. Travelers Insurance, et al.
    Date:
    03/23/2011
    Note:
    The San Francisco City and County Superior Court was correct to name an applicant who sued numerous practitioners a vexatious litigant.
    Citation:
    A125526
    WCC citation:
    WCC 37342011 CA
  • Case name:
    Healthsmart Pacific v. Kabateck
    Date:
    12/19/2016
    Note:
    Citation:
    B264300
    WCC citation:
    Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC566549
  • Case name:
    Healy Tibbitts Builders, Inc. v. Director, Office of Workers' Comp. Programs
    Date:
    04/14/2006
    Note:
    'Harbor worker' includes workers directly involved in the construction of a maritime facility.
    Citation:
    444 F.3d 1095
    WCC citation:
    WCC 31522006 CA
  • Case name:
    Hegglin vs. WCAB
    Date:
    02/23/1971
    Note:
    In cases involving multiple factors of disability caused by a single industrial accident the Board must, in any instructions it may direct to the rating bureau, fully describe each separate factor of disability.
    Citation:
    4 Cal. 3d 162
    WCC citation:
    WCC 35941971 CA
  • Case name:
    Heiman v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
    Date:
    04/11/2007
    Note:
    Petitioner and an unlicensed contractor were dual employers that are jointly and severally liable for workers' compensation.
    Citation:
    149 Cal. App. 4th 724
    WCC citation:
    WCC 32152007 CA
  • Case name:
    Henderson v. Adia Servs. Inc.
    Date:
    06/27/1986
    Note:
    "Coming and going" rule applicable to temp employees traveling from home to businesses that pay the temp agency.
    Citation:
    182 Cal. App. 3d 1069
    WCC citation:
    WCC 30371986 CA
  • Case name:
    Henry v. Red Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tustin
    Date:
    12/09/2011
    Note:
    A California appellate court ruled that a Lutheran school is not liable under the Fair Employment and Housing Act for terminating a teacher for religious reasons, thanks to the ministerial exception.
    Citation:
    G044556
    WCC citation:
    WCC 38322011 CA
  • Case name:
    Henry v. WCAB
    Date:
    12/18/1998
    Note:
    Seasonal employee is entitled to only 12 months of alternate seasonal work, not to 12 months of continuous work.
    Citation:
    68 Cal.App.4th 981, 63 CCC 1481
    WCC citation:
    WCC 27901998 CA

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