CHAPTER 2. Compromise and Release

Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.

§§ 5000–5006 · 7 sections

• § 5000 No contract, rule, or regulation shall exempt the employer from liability for the compensation fixed by this division, but nothing in this division shall: (a)…
• § 5001 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…
• § 5002 A copy of the release or compromise agreement signed by both parties shall forthwith be filed with the appeals board. Upon filing with and approval by the…
• § 5003 Every release or compromise agreement shall be in writing and duly executed, and the signature of the employee or other beneficiary shall be attested by two…
• § 5004 In case of death there shall also be stated in the release or compromise agreement: (a) The date of death. (b) The name of the widow. (c) The names and ages of…
• § 5005 In any case involving a claim of occupational disease or cumulative injury, as set forth in Section 5500.5, the employee and any employer, or any insurance…
• § 5006 A determination of facts by the appeals board under this chapter has no collateral estoppel effect on a subsequent criminal prosecution and does not preclude…