This case presents the issue whether the California workers' compensation system preempts a private cause of action by an injured worker against the independent claims administrator of his self-insured employer for the delay or refusal to pay compensation benefits. We conclude that the system does preempt such an action.
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Frank Silvestri died of cardiac arrest in January 1984, allegedly arising...
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