FOODMAKER, INC. v. W.C.A.B.

No. B116227.

78 Cal.Rptr.2d 767 (1998)

FOODMAKER, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and Margalise Ortega-Ruiz, Respondents.

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

Review Denied January 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stockwell, Harris, Widom & Woolverton and William M. Carero, Los Angeles, for Petitioners.

Tennenhouse & Minassian and Bita Adham for Respondent.


MASTERSON, Associate Justice.

In this workers' compensation case, the employee suffered a disabling back injury that caused her to stop working for over two years. She received periodic medical treatment. Eventually, a physician concluded that the employee could work again if she complied with certain restrictions. The employee wanted to return to her previous job. The employer was able to modify the employee's job...

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