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  • Case name:
    Amalgamated Transit Union vs. LA Co MTA
    Date:
    03/28/2003
    Note:
    132a claim may be part of union requested employee arbitration.
    Citation:
    107 Cal.App.4th 673
    WCC citation:
    WCC 29242003 CA
  • Case name:
    Amborn v. WCAB
    Date:
    09/08/1971
    Note:
    Patrolman entitled to leave of absence without loss of pay for 1 yr. as well as PD benefits.
    Citation:
    19 Cal.App.3d 953, 36 CCC 544
    WCC citation:
    WCC 26761971 CA
  • Case name:
    Amer. Intern. Adj. Co., Inc. v. Crawford
    Date:
    01/09/1997
    Note:
    WCAB has jurisdiction over bad faith or fraud claims against carriers or medical/legal lien claimants.
    Citation:
    51 Cal. App. 4th 1489, 62 CCC 22
    WCC citation:
    WCC 24851997 CA
  • Case name:
    Amer. Psych. Consultants, Inc. v. WCAB
    Date:
    07/21/1995
    Note:
    When both parties equally mistaken where money was paid, restitution not available.
    Citation:
    36 Cal.App.4th 1626, 60 CCC 559
    WCC citation:
    WCC 24401995 CA
  • Case name:
    Ameri-Medical Corp. v. WCAB
    Date:
    02/27/1996
    Note:
    Defendants objecting to bill have interest in impermissable charges but not unfettered access to doctor's business records; Disclosure of identity of medical reports preparers is essential.
    Citation:
    42 Cal.App.4th 1260, 61 CCC 149
    WCC citation:
    WCC 24421996 CA
  • Case name:
    American Cargo Express v. Superior Court of Sacramento County
    Date:
    10/13/2017
    Note:
    The 3rd District Court of Appeal ruled that the California Self-Insurers’ Security Fund can proceed with its claim for reimbursement from the former clients of a defunct staffing company.
    Citation:
    C081125
    WCC citation:
    Super. Ct. No. 34201100113628
  • Case name:
    American Casualty v. Miller
    Date:
    01/29/2008
    Note:
    The injured worker's injuries arose from an event commonly thought of as environmental pollution. An ordinary insured would reasonably expect that the release of methylene chloride into a public sewer is environmental pollution.
    Citation:
    B192216
    WCC citation:
    WCC 33092008 CA
  • Case name:
    American Home Assurance v. WCAB (Wuertz)
    Date:
    09/11/2009
    Note:
    A worker who was injured while riding his motorcycle to a rare work-related meeting on his day off was performing a 'special mission' at the time, and is entitled to compensation for his injuries.
    Citation:
    F057906
    WCC citation:
    WCC 35662009 CA
  • Case name:
    American Medical Response v. WCAB (Westerman)
    Date:
    04/24/2012
    Note:
    Substantial evidence existed to prove that a stroke which rendered a 50-year-old paramedic permanently and totally disabled arose out of and in the course of employment, even though the applicant had allegedly refused to undergo a medical test that might have disproved his treating physician's causation theory.
    Citation:
    B235468
    WCC citation:
    WCC 38882012 CA
  • Case name:
    American Modern Home Ins. Co. v. Fahmian, et al.
    Date:
    04/08/2011
    Note:
    A homeowners insurance company is entitled to a $300,000 reimbursement from an insured employer after proving that its policy excluded any coverage for his private business.
    Citation:
    G042799
    WCC citation:
    WCC 37422011 CA
  • Case name:
    American Safety Casualty Ins. Co. v. Mothershead
    Date:
    05/12/2009
    Note:
    [Unpublished] Two plaintiffs who did not accept pretrial settlement offers are not liable for a defendant's expert witness fees, because the offers were unclear and conditional.
    Citation:
    B206494
    WCC citation:
    WCC 35212009 CA
  • Case name:
    Amerigas Propane, LP v. Landstar Ranger, Inc.
    Date:
    05/18/2010
    Note:
    A trial court should not have granted a defendant's motion for summary judgment because a factual question existed about whether an injured trucker was an employee, and whether a company owed him a duty as an independent contractor.
    Citation:
    E048536
    WCC citation:
    WCC 36232010 CA
  • Case name:
    Amico vs. WCAB
    Date:
    12/02/1974
    Note:
    Prior rating or award does not necessarily evidence prior level of disability.
    Citation:
    WCC citation:
    WCC 30271974 CA
  • Case name:
    An Independent Home Support Service, Inc. v. Superior Court of San Diego, State Compensation Insurance Fund
    Date:
    12/21/2006
    Note:
    A referral agency that provides domestic workers to individuals and entities is deemed not to be the employers, for the purposes of workers' compensation, of the domestic workers they refer.
    Citation:
    145 Cal. App. 4th 1418
    WCC citation:
    WCC 32002006 CA
  • Case name:
    Andersen v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
    Date:
    04/19/2007
    Note:
    Employer violated section 132a by requiring claimant to use his earned vacation time rather than sick leave to attend medical appointments to care for his industrial injuries.
    Citation:
    149 Cal. App. 4th 1369, 72 CCC 389
    WCC citation:
    WCC 32172007 CA
  • Case name:
    Anderson v. Catholic Healthcare West
    Date:
    04/11/2013
    Note:
    A hospital made reasonable efforts to accommodate a nurse with a severe latex allergy and its decision to fire her when a suitable modified duty position could not be found did not violate the Fair Employment and Housing Act.
    Citation:
    A127934
    WCC citation:
    WCC 40022013 CA
  • Case name:
    Anderson v. Denham Contracting
    Date:
    03/30/2009
    Note:
    [Unpublished] A subcontractor did not owe a project foreman a duty of care to prevent him from falling through a hole in the roof.
    Citation:
    A119834
    WCC citation:
    WCC 35092009 CA
  • Case name:
    Anderson v. Union Oil Co.
    Date:
    07/17/1975
    Note:
    Employer can provide in a voluntary benefit plan for credit against work comp. liabilities.
    Citation:
    49 Cal.App.3d 968, 40 CCC 970
    WCC citation:
    WCC 24601975 CA
  • Case name:
    Andrade v. City of Milpitas
    Date:
    01/04/2013
    Note:
    A municipal employer who allowed an employee to miss more than one out of every 10 days of work over a two-year period because of her fibromyalgia and made arrangements for her to work from home, made sufficient accommodation for the worker's disabilities.
    Citation:
    H037124
    WCC citation:
    WCC 39702013 CA
  • Case name:
    Angelotti v. Walt Disney Company et al.
    Date:
    02/24/2011
    Note:
    Exclusive remedy barred a stuntman from suing a film production company because substantial evidence showed that it was his special employer, the 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled.
    Citation:
    B219946
    WCC citation:
    WCC 37182011 CA

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