Lockheed Martin Corp. v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

REARDON, J.

Introduction

In this case we hold that the compensability threshold established by Labor Code section 3208.3, subdivision (b)(1) 1 applies to any claim for psychiatric injury, whether or not it is related to a compensable physical injury. Employer Lockheed Martin Corporation (Lockheed) and its insurer, Bankers Standard Insurance Company (Bankers), petitioned for review of a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Board or WCAB) reversing the finding of a workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) that employee applicant Virginia McCullough suffered no…