Lorne CURRIE, Petitioner,
v.
WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Respondents.
Supreme Court of California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 26, 2001.
February 26, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William A. Herreras, Grover Beach; Drasin & Singer and Lawrence Drasin, Los Angeles, for Petitioner.
Farrell, Fraulob, Brown & Gant and Paul R. Gant, Sacramento, for California Applicants' Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
Tobin Lucks, Benjamin R. Herschbein, Dan Tobin and Alan J. Beardsley, Sherman Oaks, for Respondent Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
No appearance for Respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.
Supreme Court of California.
WERDEGAR, J.
In making an award of backpay under Labor Code section 132a1 to an employee wrongfully denied reinstatement because of an industrial injury, may the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) include prejudgment interest on the lost wages so awarded? Harmonizing the Civil Code's mandate of entitlement to prejudgment interest on damages due on a particular day (Civ.Code, §...
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