APPLIED MATERIALS v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

No. H047148. No. H047154.

64 Cal.App.5th 1042 (2021)

APPLIED MATERIALS et al., Petitioners, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and D.C., Respondents. XL SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO., Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and D.C., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

May 7, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Sullivan & Associates and Nicholas Eddie Tse for Petitioners Applied Materials, Arrowood Indemnity Company.

California Workers' Compensation Institute and Ellen Sims Langille for California Workers' Compensation Institute and California Chamber of Commerce as Amid Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

Testan Law and Barbara Joyce Toy for Petitioner and Respondent XL Specialty Insurance Co.

WCAB Office of the Commissioners and Allison Jane Fairchild for Respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.

Butts & Johnson, Arthur L. Johnson and Thomas J. Butts for Respondent D.C.

Smith & Baltaxe, Bernhard Beltaxe and Eric Maxwell Overholt for California Applicants' Attorney Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents WCAB and D.C.


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

Respondent injured worker, D.C. (Worker),1 was employed by petitioner Applied Materials from 1996 until 2008. During that time, she claimed three industrial injuries: a specific injury to her neck and right upper extremity in 2001, a specific...

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