Any person affected by an order or decision of the appeals board may, within the time limit specified in this section, apply to the superior court of the county in which he resides, for a writ of mandate, for the purpose of inquiring into and determining the lawfulness of the original order or decision or of the order or decision following reconsideration. The application for writ of mandate must be made within 30 days after a petition for reconsideration is denied, or, if a petition is granted or reconsideration is had on the appeals board’s own motion, within 30 days after the filing of the order or decision following reconsideration.
Cal. Lab. Code § 6627
Appeal Proceedings
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 138 Cal. App. 4th 684 - Sully-Miller Contracting Co. v. California Occupational Safety & Health Appeals Board (2006)
Most recently applied in Bulkley v. Dept of Indus (June 2021)
Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 993.
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