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  • Case name:
    Anguiano v. Ormco Corporation
    Date:
    11/04/2011
    Note:
    An employer is not liable for disability discrimination because undisputed evidence showed that it terminated a welder for poor performance.
    Citation:
    B228600
    WCC citation:
    WCC 38212011 CA
  • Case name:
    Antelope Valley Press v. California Ins. Comissioner
    Date:
    02/26/2008
    Note:
    [Published as of 4/30/08] The carriers are employees for purposes of workers' compensation law, not independent contractors.
    Citation:
    B198139
    WCC citation:
    WCC 33212008 CA
  • Case name:
    Antonio Giusto v. City of San Mateo Personnel Board
    Date:
    12/16/2008
    Note:
    The City of San Mateo Personnel Board made no error in law when it terminated a police sergeant who filed a workers' compensation claim for job-related stress, but was found by a psychologist to have a personality disorder because of his inability to accept constructive criticism.
    Citation:
    A120144
    WCC citation:
    WCC 34682008 CA
  • Case name:
    Appleby v. WCAB
    Date:
    07/29/1994
    Note:
    Employer can credit paid private pension benefits against work comp. liabilities.
    Citation:
    27 Cal.App.4th 184, 59 CCC 520
    WCC citation:
    WCC 24521994 CA
  • Case name:
    Applied Materials v. WCAB (unpublished)
    Date:
    05/07/2021
    Note:
    A California appellate court ruled that a worker who was sexually exploited by her treating physician was not entitled to a permanent total disability award.
    Citation:
    No. H047148
    WCC citation:
    No. H047148
  • Case name:
    Arboleda v. WCAB
    Date:
    08/11/1967
    Note:
    Commuting to work 2 a day for split shift is not extraordinary for purposes of special mission.
    Citation:
    253 Cal. App. 2d 481
    WCC citation:
    WCC 30461967 CA
  • Case name:
    Argonaut Ins. Co. v. IAC
    Date:
    02/08/1961
    Note:
    IAC had power to grant recon. of its own decision as to all of consolidated cases.
    Citation:
    189 Cal.App.2d 23, 26 CCC 40
    WCC citation:
    WCC 27001961 CA
  • Case name:
    Argonaut Ins. Co. v. IAC (Harries)
    Date:
    12/09/1964
    Note:
    Where employer has more than one insurer, apportionment of liab. is proper.
    Citation:
    231 Cal.App.2d 111, 29 CCC 279
    WCC citation:
    WCC 26311964 CA
  • Case name:
    Argonaut Ins. Co. v. IAC (Montana)
    Date:
    05/08/1962
    Note:
    IAC may use its general knowledge to forecast and weigh facts relevant in compensation award.
    Citation:
    57 Cal.2d 589, 27 CCC 130
    WCC citation:
    WCC 25361962 CA
  • Case name:
    Argonaut Ins. Co. v. Industrial Accident Comm'n
    Date:
    10/11/1963
    Note:
    Injury compensable if sustained while traveling to pick up paycheck at location specified by employer.
    Citation:
    221 Cal. App. 2d 140
    WCC citation:
    WCC 30471963 CA
  • Case name:
    Argonaut Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Lopez)
    Date:
    02/22/1971
    Note:
    Insurer entitled to specific finding on amount of PD relied on by WCAB, can controvert finding through legal process.
    Citation:
    15 Cal.App.3d 436, 36 CCC 89
    WCC citation:
    WCC 26491971 CA
  • Case name:
    Argonaut Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Thompson)
    Date:
    05/09/1972
    Note:
    Settlement of 3rd party liability not set aside for superseding, unsatisfied lien.
    Citation:
    37 CCC 324
    WCC citation:
    WCC 27491972 CA
  • Case name:
    Argonaut Ins. Exch. v. IAC (Bellinger)
    Date:
    02/14/1958
    Note:
    IAC not required to take further evidence and could redetermine case on existing record.
    Citation:
    49 Cal.2d 706, 23 CCC 34
    WCC citation:
    WCC 26521958 CA
  • Case name:
    Arkius Inc. v. Hyundae Health Center et al.
    Date:
    09/27/2011
    Note:
    The license of a general contractor is not suspended by operation of law because it underreported payroll to State Compensation Insurance Fund.
    Citation:
    B228093
    WCC citation:
    WCC 38042011 CA
  • Case name:
    Arnold v. Mutual of Omaha Ins. Co.
    Date:
    12/30/2011
    Note:
    An insurer proved that it was entitled to summary judgment against a worker's suit by proving that she was an independent contractor, a California appellate court ruled in a published decision.
    Citation:
    A131440
    WCC citation:
    WCC 38392011 CA
  • Case name:
    Arnulfo Aldridge v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
    Date:
    12/18/2008
    Note:
    A lower court properly dismissed a self-represented worker's fourth attempt to state a proper cause of action against his former employer, which he charged had harassed and fired him after he filed a workers' compensation claim.
    Citation:
    B202578
    WCC citation:
    WCC 34692008 CA
  • Case name:
    Arp v. WCAB
    Date:
    05/05/1977
    Note:
    The conclusive presumption of total dependency under section 3501, subdivision (a), is invalid and that, pending action by the Legislature, all applicants must be left to establish proof of dependency under section 3502.
    Citation:
    19 Cal.3d 395
    WCC citation:
    WCC 33881977 CA
  • Case name:
    Arriaga vs. County of Alameda
    Date:
    04/25/1995
    Note:
    Person convicted of crime but not incarcerated, who performs community service in lieu of paying a fine, is an employee.
    Citation:
    9 Cal.4th 1055
    WCC citation:
    WCC 28761995 CA
  • Case name:
    Arteaga v. Brink's Inc.
    Date:
    05/28/2008
    Note:
    Where the employee relies solely on temporal proximity in response to the employer's evidence of a nonretaliatory reason for termination, he or she does not create a triable issue as to pretext, and summary judgment for the employer is proper.
    Citation:
    B194082
    WCC citation:
    WCC 33742008 CA
  • Case name:
    Ashdown vs. Ameron Int'l Corp.
    Date:
    08/17/2000
    Note:
    Dual Capacity and Fraudulent Concealment doctrines narrowly construed v. exclusive remedy.
    Citation:
    83 Cal.App.4th 868, 65 CCC 1026
    WCC citation:
    WCC 24172000 CA

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