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SOUTH COAST FRAMING, INC. v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

No. S215637.

61 Cal.4th 291 (2015)

188 Cal. Rptr. 3d 46

349 P.3d 141

SOUTH COAST FRAMING, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, JOVELYN CLARK et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

May 28, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradford & Barthel and Louis A. Larres for Petitioners.

Law Offices of Allweiss & McMurty and Michael A. Marks for California Workers' Compensation Institute as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.

Law Offices of O'Mara & Hampton and Daniel J. Palasciano for Respondent Jovelyn Clark.

Smith & Baltaxe, Bernhard D. Baltaxe; Law Offices of Robert W. Willyard and Robert E. Willyard for California Applicants' Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent Jovelyn Clark.

OPINION

The family of Brandon Clark was awarded workers' compensation death benefits after Clark died from the combination of drugs prescribed following a fall at work. The Court of Appeal overturned the award, reasoning there was insufficient evidence that the drugs prescribed for the work injury contributed to the death...

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