In September 2009, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) issued a clarifying opinion in the case of Ogilvie v. City and County of San Francisco (Ogilvie). In the September opinion, the WCAB holds: (1) the language of section 4660(c) unambiguously means that a permanent …
Almaraz and Guzman
In September 2009, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) issued another opinion in the combined cases of Almaraz v. EnviroServe and State Compensation Insurance Fund and Guzman v. Milpitas Unified School District and Keenan & Associates (Almaraz and Guzman). The opinion clarifies a prior opinion issued …