Legal Opinion
Smith v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 29, 2000No. A083825PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
JONES, P. J.
In this case we consider the workers’ compensation claim of a police officer who injured his hand when he struck a wall with his fist during an argument with a superior officer. The sole issue to be decided is whether the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Board) correctly barred the industrial injury claim of petitioner William Smith (applicant) against respondent City of Hayward (City) when the Board found an intentional injury and invoked the bar of subdivision (a)(5) of Labor Code section 3600. We conclude that the intentional injury defense set forth in subdivision…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Moyer v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
- Johns-Manville Products Corp. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
- Garza v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- Lamb v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
- Western Growers Insurance v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1993
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- City of Martinez v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2000
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