Pettigrew v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

HULL, J.

Ryan Pettigrew filed a petition for a writ of review in this court pursuant to Labor Code section 5950 (hereafter all statutory references are to the Labor Code) to challenge a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) denying his claim for workers’ compensation benefits (§ 3200 et seq.). We issued a writ of review directing the WCAB to submit the administrative record for review by this court.

Pettigrew contends he is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for injuries he sustained when he stopped to help at an accident scene he came upon on his way to work…