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VALDEZ v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

No. S204387.

57 Cal.4th 1231 (2013)

164 Cal. Rptr. 3d 184

312 P.3d 102

ELAYNE VALDEZ, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and WAREHOUSE DEMO SERVICES et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

November 14, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perona, Langer, Beck, Serbin & Mendoza, Ellen R. Serbin and John A. Mendoza for Petitioner.

David Bryan Leonard for California Society of Industrial Medicine & Surgery, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Law Offices of Susan M. Garrett and Carl A. Feldman for California Lien Professionals Association, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Charles E. Clark ; The Rondeau Law Firm, Charles R. Rondeau ; Goldflam & Barth and Stuart I. Barth for California Applicants' Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Neil P. Sullivan and James T. Losee for Respondent Workers' Compensation Appeal Board.

Grancell, Lebovitz, Stander, Reubens and Thomas, Grancell, Stander, Reubens, Thomas and Kinsey, Timothy E. Kinsey , Sam L. Lebovitz , Stewart Reubens ; Sedgwick, Christina J. Imre and Michael M. Walsh for Respondents Warehouse Demo Services and Zurich North America.

Law Offices of Saul Allweiss, Law Offices of Allweis & McMurtry and Michael A Marks for California Workers' Compensation Institute and American Insurance Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondents Warehouse Demo Services and Zurich North America.

Roxborough, Pomerance, Nye & Adreani, Michael B. Adreani and David R. Ginsburg for Crossroads Staffing, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents Warehouse Demo Services and Zurich North America.

Dietz, Gilmor & Chazen and Robert H. Potter for San Diego County and Imperial County Schools Risk Management Joint Powers Authority as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents Warehouse Demo Services and Zurich North America.

OPINION

CORRIGAN, J. —

This case concerns the admissibility of doctors' reports in workers' compensation proceedings. The Court of Appeal granted writ review and annulled decisions by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (the Board) restricting the admission of reports from a doctor retained by petitioner Elayne Valdez. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Relevant...

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