Compensation is the measure of the responsibility which the employer has assumed for injuries or deaths which occur to employees in his employment when subject to this division. No release of liability or compromise agreement is valid unless it is approved by the appeals board or referee.
Cal. Lab. Code § 5001
Compromise and Release
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case 2 Cal. 3d 964 - Johnson v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board (1970)
Most recently applied in Kathleen Simpson v. Cir (August 2016)
Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.
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