WCAB Keeps Employer on the Hook for Stolen Check
In Barrett Business Services, Inc. v. Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board and Rafael Rivas, the Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District affirmed the WCAB’s denial of reconsideration of its determination of which party should bear the loss when a stolen check, with a forged indorsement, is cashed and the payee never receives the check. The appellate court held that …