Housing Authority of City of Los Angeles v. Workers'comp. Appeals Bd.

Opinion

MASTERSON, J.

Petitioner Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (L.A. Housing Authority) challenges two findings made by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Appeals Board) in favor of Roger Chandler, the L.A. Housing Authority’s Chief of Police: that the Appeals Board had jurisdiction to determine whether Chandler was an employee within the meaning of Labor Code section 4850 as part of Chandler’s application for workers’ compensation benefits, and that the L.A. Housing Authority was collaterally estopped from denying that Chandler was entitled to the benefits of Labor Code…