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LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. v. WCAB

No. A093061.

117 Cal.Rptr.2d 865 (2002)

96 Cal.App.4th 1237

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION et al., Petitioners, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and Virginia McCullough, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

Review Denied June 19, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Finnegan, Marks & Hampton and Ellen Sims Langille, San Francisco, for petitioners.

Klein, Testan & Brundo and Richard M. Jacobsmeyer, Walnut Creek, for amicus curiae California Workers' Compensation Institute on behalf of petitioners.

Vincent Bausano, Assistant Secretary, Workers' Compensation Appeals Board; Law Offices of Leon R. Reich and Leon R. Reich, San Rafael, for respondents.

Law Office of David Bryan Leonard and David Bryan Leonard, Los Angeles, for amicus curiae California Society of Industrial Medicine & Surgery, Inc. on behalf of respondents.

Capurro, Rocha & Walsh and Joseph V. Capurro, San Jose, for amicus curiae California Applicant's Attorneys Association on behalf of respondents.

REARDON, J.

INTRODUCTION

In this case we hold that the compensability threshold established by Labor Code section 3208.3, subdivision (b)(1)1 applies to any claim for psychiatric injury, whether or not it is related to a compensable physical injury. Employer Lockheed Martin Corporation (Lockheed) and its insurer, Bankers Standard Insurance Company (Bankers), petitioned...

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