Cortez v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

EPSTEIN, P. J.

Both this case and its companion case, Nunez v. Workers’ Comp. Appeals Bd. (2006) 136 Cal.App.4th 584 [38 Cal.Rptr.3d 914] (Nunez), concern the procedure to be applied for medical evaluation of a represented employee where the date of an industrial injury precedes January 1, 2005. In Nunez, we rejected the argument that the procedure enacted under Senate Bill No. 899 (Senate Bill 899) applies to such cases. In this case, we reject the claim that neither the new nor the former procedure applies.

Manuel Cortez petitions this court to annul the order of the Workers’…