Koszdin v. State Compensation Insurance Fund

Opinion

ZELON, J.

Appellants Kenton Koszdin and Gilbert Lipman (collectively Appellants) appeal from the trial court’s judgment of dismissal following the sustaining of a demurrer for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Appellants are attorneys who represented injured workers in proceedings before the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB). In six related class action complaints, they alleged that respondent employers and insurers (collectively Respondents) 1 failed to pay them and the putative class interest owed on attorney fee awards issued by the WCAB. In their joint demurrer to the…