Then just to "clarify" it all, the new language adds that the "new" 5814 section "shall become operative on June 1, 2004."

How could there be any confusion over that?

The Court ruled that that former section 5814 became inoperative and unenforceable on June 1, 2004, and new section 5814 became applicable to ALL injures in then pending cases including in the instant one.

Interestingly, also participating in the case -- Green v. WCAB (City of Compton) -- were the California Applicants' Attorneys Association, which filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the petitioner (employee) and the California Workers' Compensation Institute and the City of Los Angeles which filed amicus curiae briefs on behalf of the employer.

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