Legal Opinion
Robertson v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 21, 2003No. C042822PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DAVIS, Acting P. J.
In this workers’ compensation action, we conclude that the employer, Mountain People’s Warehouse (hereafter Company), failed to satisfy its obligation to offer the benefit of vocational rehabilitation (VR) to its injured employee, Abraham Robertson (Robertson). (Lab. Code, §§ 139.5, 4635 et seq.)1 A few weeks after Robertson sustained his on-the-job injury, Company, acting pursuant to a discretionary Company policy, discharged him for missing too many days of work (these absences were not injury related). Subsequently, Robertson was found to be a qualified injured…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- LeBoeuf v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1983
- Avalon Bay Foods v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
- Wings West Airlines v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1986
- Del Taco v. Worker's Compensation Appeals Bd.California Court of Appeal · 2000
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