Legal Opinion
Ralphs Grocery Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 25, 1995No. D022610PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NARES, J.
Ralphs Grocery Company (Ralphs or the employer) seeks a writ of review after the Workers’ Compensation Board (the Board) granted Dawn R. Lara’s (Lara) petition for reconsideration and awarded her a 10 percent penalty under Labor Code 1 section 5814 for Ralphs’s “unreasonable” delay in providing medical treatment and temporary disability benefits. Lara had requested a second change of physician. Ralphs denied the request and temporarily cut off Lara’s temporary disability benefits based on its belief that section 4601, 2 entitled Lara to only one change in physician.
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