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  • Case name:
    Marsh & McLennan, Inc. v. Sup. Crt.
    Date:
    06/29/1989
    Note:
    No private cause of action against a TPA; other legislative remedies apply.
    Citation:
    49 Cal.3d 1, 54 CCC 265
    WCC citation:
    WCC 23791989 CA
  • Case name:
    Marsh v. WCAB (Bostitch)
    Date:
    06/28/2005
    Note:
    Apportionment under SB 899 applies to cases pending reconsideration.
    Citation:
    130 Cal.App.4th 906
    WCC citation:
    WCC 31052005 CA
  • Case name:
    Martin v. General Dynamics
    Date:
    03/10/2009
    Note:
    Arbitrator did not exceed his authority in finding no wrongful termination after workers' compensation settlement.
    Citation:
    B205706
    WCC citation:
    WCC 35042009 CA
  • Case name:
    Martinez v. Combs
    Date:
    05/20/2010
    Note:
    Two produce merchants did not have an employer-employee relationship with seasonal agricultural workers, according to a California Supreme Court decision requiring a detailed interpretation of Labor Code 1194.
    Citation:
    S121552
    WCC citation:
    WCC 36272010 CA
  • Case name:
    Martinez v. Taco Bell Corp.
    Date:
    04/05/2018
    Note:
    A California appellate court ruled that a worker could not proceed with her disability discrimination claims against her former employer, since she failed to prove she had a mental disability or that she was fired because of it.
    Citation:
    G052170
    WCC citation:
    Super. Ct. No. 30-2013-00640924
  • Case name:
    Martinez v. WCAB
    Date:
    11/15/2000
    Note:
    Resumption of VR valid where 'initial' request for VR was timely, services placed on hold but not terminated.
    Citation:
    84 Cal.App.4th 1079
    WCC citation:
    WCC 27912000 CA
  • Case name:
    Martinez vs. CA Building System
    Date:
    02/22/2005
    Note:
    Repeal of PTP presumption in 4062.9 applies regardless of date of injury.
    Citation:
    70 CCC XXX (2005)
    WCC citation:
    WCC 30822005 CA
  • Case name:
    Martinez vs. Jack Neal & Son, Inc.
    Date:
    07/27/2004
    Note:
    CIGA not liable for 5814 penalties of insolvent carrier.
    Citation:
    69 CCC 775; En Banc
    WCC citation:
    WCC 30172004 CA
  • Case name:
    Marvel v. Superior Ready Mix Concrete
    Date:
    03/13/2008
    Note:
    [Unpublished] Rule 3-700(C)(1)(a) of the Rules of Professional Conduct specifically allows an attorney to seek to withdraw where the client insists upon presenting a claim or defense that is not warranted under existing law and cannot be supported by [a] good faith argument for an extension, modification, or reversal of existing law.
    Citation:
    D050114
    WCC citation:
    WCC 33262008 CA
  • Case name:
    Mason v. Case
    Date:
    09/13/1963
    Note:
    2801 may apply where employer failed to secure compensation or employment is outside of work comp.
    Citation:
    220 Cal.App.2d 170, 28 CCC 293
    WCC citation:
    WCC 3891963 CA
  • Case name:
    Mason vs. Lake Dolores Group
    Date:
    04/09/2004
    Note:
    Injury that occurs after reporting to work but before 'clocking in' is not AOE/COE.
    Citation:
    117 Cal.App.4th 822
    WCC citation:
    WCC 29832004 CA
  • Case name:
    Massey v. WCAB
    Date:
    07/12/1993
    Note:
    Death benefits apply regardless of whether child is a minor or an adult.
    Citation:
    5 Cal.4th 674, 58 CCC 367
    WCC citation:
    WCC 25241993 CA
  • Case name:
    Matea v. WCAB, The Home Depot (modified 12/12/2006)
    Date:
    11/21/2006
    Note:
    Lumber falling from a rack in a store crushing the injured worker's leg was a 'sudden and extraordinary' event that caused compensable emotional injury under LC 3208.3 even though employment was less than 6 months.
    Citation:
    144 Cal. App. 4th 1435
    WCC citation:
    WCC 31942006 CA
  • Case name:
    Mathews v. WCAB
    Date:
    02/29/1972
    Note:
    Initial physical aggressor cannot recover workers' compensation benefits.
    Citation:
    6 Cal. 3d 719
    WCC citation:
    WCC 31131972 CA
  • Case name:
    Mathies v. Buhrer
    Date:
    02/28/2013
    Note:
    A trial court must decide whether an uninsured contractor's decision to hire several employees could result in a homeowner's liability for a work-related injury.
    Citation:
    A133832
    WCC citation:
    WCC 39892013 CA
  • Case name:
    Maureen DeSaulles v. Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
    Date:
    06/29/2011
    Note:
    The Superior Court did not err in dismissing a FEHA lawsuit filed by a disabled worker whose employer placed her on unpaid leave while awaiting more information on her medical restrictions and offered her an alternative position that the worker found unsuitable.
    Citation:
    H033906
    WCC citation:
    WCC 37782011 CA
  • Case name:
    Maxham v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
    Date:
    01/27/2017
    Note:
    Citation:
    ADJ3540065 (SAC 0361552)
    WCC citation:
    ADJ3540065 (SAC 0361552)
  • Case name:
    Maxim Crane Works v. Tilbury Constructors
    Date:
    08/08/2012
    Note:
    Pennsylvania law applied to a California construction worker's injury at a job site in Stockton.
    Citation:
    C067054
    WCC citation:
    WCC 39182012 CA
  • Case name:
    McCarthy v. WCAB (Best Sanitizer's, Inc.)
    Date:
    01/25/2006
    Note:
    New Labor Code section 5814 applies to penalty claims pending as of 06/01/04.
    Citation:
    135 Cal. App. 4th 1230
    WCC citation:
    WCC 31352006 CA
  • Case name:
    McCarty v. State of California Department of Transportation.
    Date:
    07/10/2008
    Note:
    A public entity can be held liable under the retained control doctrine, provided all the other prerequisites of public entity liability under Government Code section 815.4 are also present.
    Citation:
    E040627
    WCC citation:
    WCC 33962008 CA

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