MORTON v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

Docket No. B023140.

193 Cal.App.3d 924 (1987)

238 Cal. Rptr. 651

RALPH W. MORTON, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and LUCILLE LYDON, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Five.

July 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Jones, Nelson, Ford & Haley and David P. Ford for Petitioner.

Richard W. Younkin, William B. Donohoe, Alvin R. Barrett and Charles E. Finster for Respondent.


OPINION

FEINERMAN, P.J.

In this certiorari proceeding, Ralph W. Morton (petitioner), as representative of a medical lien claimant, seeks annulment of an order of respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (Board) adjudging petitioner guilty of contempt and imposing a $250 fine for his failure to appear at a hearing of the lien claim.

We conclude that the Board denied petitioner due process of law, and hence, the Board...

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