STEVENS v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

No. A143043.

241 Cal.App.4th 1074 (2015)

194 Cal. Rptr. 3d 469

FRANCES STEVENS, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, OUTSPOKEN ENTERPRISES et al., Respondents.

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

October 28, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Joseph C. Waxman, Joseph C. Waxman and James J. Achermann for Petitioner.

The Law Office of Joseph V. Capurro, Joseph V. Capurro ; Remcho, Johansen & Purcell, James C. Harrison , Margaret R. Prinzing and Harry Berezin for California Applicants' Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Law Office of Charles E. Clark, Charles E. Clark ; The Rondeau Law Firm and Charles R. Rondeau for Voters Injured at Work as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.

State Compensation Insurance Fund, Lisa A. Liebson , Deputy Chief Counsel, Mary R. Huckabaa , Assistant Chief Counsel, and William L. Anderson , Appellate Counsel, for Respondents Outspoken Enterprises and State Compensation Insurance Fund, Sacramento.

Christopher G. Jagard , Kim E. Card , George Parisotto , Yvonne M. Hauscarriague and Alan S. Hersh , for Respondent Acting Administrative Director Division of Workers' Compensation.

Haight Brown & Bonesteel, Theodore A. Penny and Melinda Carrido for California Chamber of Congress as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

Mastagni Holstedt, David P. Mastagni and Gary G. Gomez for Sonoma County Law Enforcement Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

Law Offices of Allweiss & McMurtry and Michael A. Marks for California Workers' Compensation Institute & Property and Casualty Insurers Association of America as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondents.


OPINION

INTRODUCTION

The workers' compensation system has undergone major reforms in recent years. Legislation that went into effect in 2004 made the system more efficient and less costly by having injured workers' requests for medical treatment evaluated through a process called utilization review...

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