Legal Opinion
Duncan v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 26, 2008No. C056727PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SCOTLAND, P. J.
California’s Uninsured Employers Fund (UEF), also called the Uninsured Employers Benefits Trust Fund (UEBTF), was created by the Legislature in 1971 “to ensure that workers who happen to be employed by illegally uninsured employers are not deprived of workers’ compensation benefits . . . .” (Lab. Code, § 3716, subd. (b); further section references are to the Labor Code unless otherwise specified.) Thus, the UEBTF in the State Treasury is a “source of funds for injured workers whose employers have failed or refused either to obtain workers’ compensation insurance coverage…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- DuBois v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1993
- Estate of GriswoldCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001
- Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1980
- Moran v. Murtaugh Miller Meyer & Nelson, LLPCalifornia Supreme Court · 2007
- Davison v. Industrial Accident CommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1966
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3Cited by6 opinions
- County of Kern v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2011
- City of Glendale v. Marcus Cable Associates, LLCCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2015
- Hikida v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., California Court of Appeal, 5th District2017
- Hikida v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.California Court of Appeal · 2017
- State Farm Gen. Ins. v. WCABCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2013
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