RAMIREZ v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mastagni Holstedt, Eric D. Ledger , and Gregory G. Gomez for Petitioner.

Law Office of Charles E. Clark and Charles E. Clark for California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

The Rondeau Law Firm and Charles R. Rondeau ; Thomas F. Martin for California Applicants' Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.

Lisa A. Liebson , Deputy Chief Counsel, Mary R. Huckabaa , Assistant Chief Counsel, and William L. Anderson , Appellate Counsel, for Respondents State Department of Health Care Services and State Compensation Insurance Fund.

Law Office of Allweiss & McMurtry and Michael A. Marks for California Workers' Compensation Institute as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

Haight Brown & Bonesteel, Theodore Penny , and Vangi M. Johnson for California Chamber of Commerce as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

Department of Industrial Relations Office of the Director, Legal Unit, Christopher Jagard , Chief Counsel, Kim E. Card , Counsel; Department of Industrial Relations Division of Workers' Compensation, George Parisotto , Chief Counsel, and Yvonne Hauscarriague , Counsel, for Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.