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SAKOTAS v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

No. B128688.

95 Cal.Rptr.2d 153 (2000)

80 Cal.App.4th 262

Janice SAKOTAS, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD; Motel 6 et al., Respondents.

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

Rehearing Denied May 24, 2000.

Review Denied July 19, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ghitterman & Ghitterman, Allan S. Ghitterman and Russell R. Ghitterman, Santa Barbara, for Petitioner.

Boehm & Associates and Robert Feinglass, Alameda, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Rucka, O'Boyle, Lombardo and McKenna, N. Michael Rucka and Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Salinas, California Applicant's Attorney's Association, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Grancell, Lebovitz, Stander, Marx and Barnes, Peter R. Nelson, Ventura, Lawrence Kirk, Sacramento, and Norm T. Grancell, Los Angeles, for Respondents Motel 6, Continental Casualty and Scott Wetzel Services.

No appearance for Respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.

COFFEE, J.

INTRODUCTION

In this case Janice Sakotas, a desk clerk and sometimes substitute manager for Motel 6, filed a petition for writ of review alleging that the medical-legal report upon which the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) relied in denying workers' compensation benefits for an alleged psychiatric injury was not substantial evidence. In addition, Sakotas contends the Labor Code section applied by the WCAB to bar benefits violates the...

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