Legal Opinion
State Comp. Ins. Fund v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 19, 1977No. Civ. 16324PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BROWN (Gerald), P. J.
State Compensation Insurance Fund (Fund) seeks modification of a disability award to disallow reimbursement of self-procured medical treatment and certain medical-legal costs.
The applicant, Juan Pablo Arroyo, was a resident of Tijuana, Mexico, and was employed as a laborer at Fallbrook, California. He fell from a ladder while picking fruit and injured his right side and back on January 18, 1975. Medical treatment was provided by Fund through February 23, 1975. Arroyo, on his own, then started seeing Dr. Velasquez de Leon, a Mexican doctor in Tijuana for further…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Quong Ham Wah Co. v. Industrial Accident Comm'n of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
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3Cited by9 opinions
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