VERGA v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD

No. C055711.

70 Cal.Rptr.3d 871 (2008)

159 Cal.App.4th 174

Rosemary VERGA, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, United Airlines et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeal of California, Third District.

As Modified January 25, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy C. Levin, Dixon, for Petitioner.

Mullen & Filippi and Ohnmar M. Shin, Sacramento, for Respondents United Airlines and Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.


SCOTLAND, P.J.

The question presented in this workers' compensation proceeding is whether the disdainful reactions of a supervisor and co-workers to an employee's mistreatment of them constitute "actual events of employment" for which the employee can obtain worker's compensation benefits for the psychological stress that the employee experiences because of those disdainful reactions to her inappropriate conduct.

The answer requires an interpretation of section...

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