Legal Opinion
Adams v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
California Supreme Court
Decided October 25, 1976No. S.F. 23426PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SULLIVAN, J.
Petitioner Robert L. Adams seeks review of a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Board), following reconsid eration, refusing to apply to medical-legal costs a 10 percent penalty against respondent carrier, Beaver Insurance Company (Beaver), for unreasonable delay in paying compensation. (Lab. Code, § 5814.) We have concluded that the penalty provided in section 5814 should be so applied.
On June 1, 1971, petitioner sustained an injury to the lower portion of his body while employed as a heavy construction carpenter by Granite & Stolte Construction Company.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Kerley v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
- Davison v. Industrial Accident CommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1966
- Kaiser Co. v. Industrial Accident CommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1952
- Ramsey v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1969
- Hockett v. Industrial Accident CommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1959
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3Cited by39 opinions
- DuBois v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1993
- Gallamore v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979
- Rhiner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1993
- Avalon Bay Foods v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
- Dorman v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1978
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