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ORDORICA v. W.C.A.B

No. B141876.

105 Cal.Rptr.2d 123 (2001)

87 Cal.App.4th 1037

Daniel ORDORICA, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and Lance Campers Manufacturing Corporation, Respondents.

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

March 14, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan H. Cutler, Pacific Palisades, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.

Clopton, Penny & Brenner, Robert C. Nichols, Camarillo, and Ronald R. Kollitz, Los Angeles; Tobin Lucks and Deborah T. Czech, Sylmar, for Respondent Lance Campers Manufacturing Corporation.

ORTEGA, J.

During the initial 30-day period of medical control by the employer following an industrial injury, Daniel Ordorica refused care by the employer's doctor and instead began treatment with a physician he chose. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) determined that Ordorica's refusal and change of physicians was an illegal and deliberate attempt to deny the employer its right of medical control, and Ordorica was estopped from asserting his physician...

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