STATE COMPENSATION INS. FUND v. W.C.A.B

No. S058909.

77 Cal.Rptr.2d 528 (1998)

959 P.2d 1204

18 Cal.4th 1209

STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and Adrienne Stuart, Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

August 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Krimen, Da Silva, Daneri, Bloom & Landsiedel and Louis Harris, San Francisco, for Petitioner.

Dennis J. Hershewe, Encino, Nancy N. McDonough, Carl G. Borden, Sacramento, Finnegan, Marks & Hampton, Michael A. Marks, San Francisco, Ellen Sims Langille, San Francisco, Horvitz & Levy, Frederic D. Cohen, Encino, and Christina J. Imre, Encino, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Goldfarb & Zeidner and Jack M. Goldfarb, Los Angeles, for Respondent Adrienne Stuart.

Elliot S. Berkowitz, Los Angeles, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent Adrienne Stuart.

No appearance for Respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.


WERDEGAR, Justice.

Labor Code1 section 5814 states in pertinent part that "[w]hen payment of compensation has been unreasonably delayed or refused, either prior to or subsequent to the issuance of an award, the full amount of the order, decision or award shall be increased by 10 percent." (Italics added.) In this case, a clerical mistake attributing to the employee a change of address for the employer led to a one-week delay in...

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