Larkin v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

CUÉLLAR, J.

Labor Code section 4458.2 provides workers’ compensation benefits to certain peace officers injured in the line of duty. The terms of the statute apply to any “active peace officer of any department as described in Section 3362 [who] suffers injury or death while in the performance of his or her duties as a peace officer.” (§ 4458.2.) The statute likewise provides benefits to those injured while performing services as part of a so-called posse comitatus—a group of citizens convened by law enforcement authorities for certain limited law enforcement purposes, in accordance…