Is a plaintiff entitled to medical-legal expenses under workers' compensation law?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Zarate v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., 160 Cal.Rptr. 408, 99 Cal.App.3d 598 (Cal. App. 1979):
The WCAB lead opinion also noted that in Adams v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (1977) 18 Cal.3d 226, 133 Cal.Rptr. 517, 555 P.2d 303, the court held that medical-legal expense is "compensation" as defined in the workers' compensation laws and thus to award medical-legal expenses here would be to pay compensation to someone not an "employee."
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