SCHEFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP, INC. v. W.C.A.B.

No. B123451.

83 Cal.Rptr.2d 71 (1999)

70 Cal.App.4th 868

SCHEFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP, INC., Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, California Indemnity Insurance Company et al., Respondents.

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

Rehearing Denied April 13, 1999.

Review Denied June 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Elwood Lui, Peter G. McAllen, Mark M. Kassabian, Los Angeles; and Daniel L. Walker for Petitioner.

Stockwell, Harris, Widom & Woolverton and George Woolverton, Glendale, for Respondents California Indemnity Insurance Company and General Accident Insurance Company.

Lisa R. Geraurd, Los Angeles, for Respondent Great States Insurance Company.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Frank Falzetta, James M. Burgess, Los Angeles; McCambridge, Deixler & Marmaro, Lary Alan Rappaport, Los Angeles; Heggeness & Sweet and Clifford D. Sweet, San Diego, for Respondent State Compensation Insurance Fund.

Horvitz & Levy and Christina J. Imre, Encino, for Respondents Superior National Insurance Company and Superior Pacific Casualty Company.

No appearance for Respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.


WOODS, J.

INTRODUCTION

Scheffield Medical Group, Inc. has petitioned for review of a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (Board) ruling that all medical reports dated later than January 16, 1991, are inadmissible due to violations of Labor Code section 4628.1 We order the ruling affirmed. The request of Benjamin Y. Chong, M.D., to file an amicus curiae brief is denied.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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