amendment of workers compensation claims

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. WCAB, 112 Cal. App. 4th 1435 (2003)

Velta Elaine Garcia suffered an orthopedic injury to her back while employed by Wal-Mart. At the time of the injury, Garcia had worked at Wal-Mart for fewer than six months. Four years after the incident, Garcia amended her workers’ compensation claim to assert that she had suffered damage to her psyche resulting from