COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO v. W.C.A.B.

No. C030903.

92 Cal.Rptr.2d 290 (2000)

77 Cal.App.4th 1114

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and Glennis Weatherall, etc., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

January 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Twohy, Darneille & Frye, Sacramento, and James C. Farley, for Petitioner.

Mastagni, Holstedt & Chiurazzi and Craig E. Johnsen, Sacramento, for Respondents.


MORRISON, J.

The workers' compensation system is designed to assure benefits to injured workers without the need to resort to a lawsuit. Procedural informality that would make the civil practitioner shudder is normal. But even a "flexible" system must have structure. Here, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (Board) deprived a party of the benefits of a stipulation. We annul the Board's decision and remand the matter...

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