CHAPTER 5. Hearings
Chapter 5 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.
§§ 5700–5710 · 12 sections
- § 5700 The hearing on the application may be adjourned from time to time and from place to place in the discretion of the appeals board or the workers’ compensation…
- § 5701 The appeals board may, with or without notice to either party, cause testimony to be taken, or inspection of the premises where the injury occurred to be made,…
- § 5702 The parties to a controversy may stipulate the facts relative thereto in writing and file such stipulation with the appeals board. The appeals board may…
- § 5703 The appeals board may receive as evidence either at or subsequent to a hearing, and use as proof of any fact in dispute, the following matters, in addition to…
- § 5703.5 (a) The appeals board, at any time after an application is filed and prior to the expiration of its jurisdiction may, upon the agreement of a party to pay the…
- § 5704 Transcripts of all testimony taken without notice and copies of all reports and other matters added to the record, otherwise than during the course of an open…
- § 5705 The burden of proof rests upon the party or lien claimant holding the affirmative of the issue. The following are affirmative defenses, and the burden of proof…
- § 5706 Where it is represented to the appeals board, either before or after the filing of an application, that an employee has died as a result of injuries sustained…
- § 5707 If the body of a deceased employee is not in the custody of the coroner, the appeals board may authorize the performance of such autopsy and, if necessary, the…
- § 5708 All hearings and investigations before the appeals board or a workers’ compensation judge are governed by this division and by the rules of practice and…
- § 5709 No informality in any proceeding or in the manner of taking testimony shall invalidate any order, decision, award, or rule made and filed as specified in this…
- § 5710 (a) The appeals board, a workers’ compensation judge, or any party to the action or proceeding, may, in any investigation or hearing before the appeals board,…