STATE COMPENSATION INS. FUND v. W.C.A.B.

Nos. C048668, C049286.

50 Cal.Rptr.3d 860 (2006)

144 Cal.App.4th 1050

STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and Brice Sandhagen, Respondents. Brice Sandhagen, Petitioner, v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board and State Compensation Insurance Fund, Respondents.

Court of Appeal of California, Third District.

As Modified November 30, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Daneri, Suzanne Ah-Tye, San Francisco, and Don E. Clark, for petitioner and respondent State Compensation Insurance Fund.

Sweeney and Forbes, and Marguerite Sweeney, Redding, for petitioner and respondent Brice Sandhagen.

Hinden, Grueskin, Rondeau & Breslavsky, and Charles R. Rondeau, Bakersfield, for amicus curiae California Applicants Attorneys Association in support of petitioner Brice Sandhagen.

Neil P. Sullivan and Vincent Bausano, for respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.


RAYE, J.

The California Constitution directs the Legislature to create a system of workers' compensation that accomplishes "substantial justice in all cases expeditiously, inexpensively, and without incumbrance of any character." (Cal. Const., art. XIV, § 4.) A primary goal of the workers' compensation system is to secure prompt treatment for an injured worker to facilitate his or her return to the work force at...

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