Ogilvie, Almaraz/Guzman Amicus Briefs

Thanks to our friends at AppealsBoardReporter.com, we now have access to 22 amicus briefs filed in the Ogilvie and Almaraz/Guzman cases.  ((Photo courtesy of Black Glenn.  Terrible pun courtesy of me.)) In late March 2009 the WCAB granted reconsideration of their recent Ogilvie and Almaraz/Guzman decisions – and invited the submission of amicus briefs.  You can read and download them here:

• 17 Almaraz/Guzman Amicus Briefs
• 5 Ogilvie Amicus Briefs

Who produced them?  Well, Ogilvie amicus briefs were filed by:

• Morrow & Morrow
• International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals
• The Travelers Companies Inc.
• Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner
• California Workers’ Compensation Institute

The Almaraz/Guzman briefs were filed by:

• California Applicants’ Attorneys Association
• California Chamber of Commerce-CSAC Excess Insurance Authority
• County of Los Angeles
• California Self-Insured Employers Association
• California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery
• California Workers’ Compensation Institute
• Department of Industrial Relations Director John Duncan
• Employers Direct Insurance Company
• Phil Walker, Esq.
• Phil Walker, Judicial Notice Request
• Protected Insurance Program for Schools
• Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner
• Safeway Inc.-The Boeing Co.-Schools Insurance Authority
• San Diego Schools Joint Powers Authority
• International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals
• Morrow & Morrow
• The Travelers Companies Inc.

After reviewing the above list, I have to wonder: Why doesn’t CAAA have an amicus brief for Ogilvie?  Does anyone know?