Brashar v. Regents of the University of California

OPINION

VIGIL, Judge.

{1} Lynda Brashar (Worker) filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits, alleging she suffered from heavy metal toxicity due to toxic exposure she experienced in her employ as a chemistry technician at the Los Alamos National Laboratories (Employer). The workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) denied her claim. Worker appeals, arguing, among other things, that the WCJ erred in admitting the testimony of Dr. Don Fisher, the only expert testimony supporting no workplace causation. Worker contends that Dr. Fisher’s testimony was inadmissable because he was neither her treating…