Martino v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

YEGAN, J.,

Dissenting.—I agree that we should (1) construe limitations provisions in workers’ compensation law liberally in favor of an injured worker (maj. opn., ante, at p. 489), (2) not elevate form over substance or insist on a strict chronological sequence in the filing of documents by an applicant (maj. opn., ante, at p. 490), and (3) liberally view the workers’ compensation laws in favor of affording substantial justice to injured workers (maj. opn., ante, at p. 491). Constitutional, statutory, and decisional law dictates that these laudatory goals be furthered. However, there must, of…