JAMES v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

Docket No. B106825.

55 Cal.App.4th 1053 (1997)

REBECCA JAMES, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, PASO ROBLES CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL et al., Respondents.

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

June 16, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Wheeler & Beaton and Craig A. Kingscott for Petitioner.

William A. Herreras as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Stockwell, Harris, Widow & Woolverton and Michael L. Terry for Respondents.


OPINION

GILBERT, J.

An employee suffers a psychiatric injury. Labor Code section 3208.3, subdivision (d), provides that in order for the employee's psychiatric injury to be compensable, the injured employee must be employed for more than six months, unless the injury is caused by a sudden and extraordinary employment incident.1

Section 5402 provides...

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