What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted; April 8, 2022 Findings and Order amended to reflect that applicant's workers' compensation claim is not barred by Labor Code section 3600(a)(8).
Remanded by the Fourth Appellate District Court of Appeals for further proceedings consistent with the Court's November 3, 2022 Order vacating the WCAB's July 1, 2022 decision.
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold July 1, 2022, October 19, 2021.
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
The WCAB concluded that the applicant's guilty plea to a misdemeanor under Arizona law is not equivalent to a felony or a crime punishable as a felony under California Penal Code section 17(b), and thus the workers' compensation claim is not barred by section 3600(a)(8).
From the decision · page 2We now further analyze the meaning of section 3600(a)(8) and whether applicant's guilty