“Compensation” means compensation under this division and includes every benefit or payment conferred by this division upon an injured employee, or in the event of his or her death, upon his or her dependents, without regard to negligence.
Cal. Lab. Code § 3207
General Provisions
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case 140 Cal. App. 4th 442 - State Ex Rel. Nee v. Unumprovident Corp. (2006)
Most recently applied in 251 Cal. Rptr. 3d 140 - People v. Pierce (July 2019)
Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 34, Sec. 10
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.