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Nature of Suit Code: 310
Nature of Suit: Airplane Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CHARLES WOOD, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO., and 

DOES 1 through 25, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

No. 2:14-cv-01421-KJM-CKD 

ORDER 

On April 2, 2015, the State Compensation Insurance Fund filed an application for 

a lien under California Labor Code section 3856(b). ECF No. 17. The State Fund is the workers’ 

compensation adjustment agent authorized to bring subrogation claims for the California 

Department of Consumer Affairs. Anderson Decl. ¶ 4, ECF No. 17. No opposition has been 

filed. 

Section 3856(b) provides, in pertinent part: 

If the action [against a third party] is prosecuted by the employee 

alone, the court shall first order paid from any judgment for 

damages recovered the reasonable litigation expenses . . . together 

with a reasonable attorney’s fee . . . . After the payment of such 

expenses and attorney’s fee the court shall, on application of the 

employer, allow as a first lien against the amount of such judgment 

for damages, the amount of the employer’s expenditure for 

compensation together with any amounts to which he may be 

entitled as special damages . . . . 

Cal. Lab. Code § 3856(b). 

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 The State Fund avers it has “incurred an obligation to provide workers’ 

compensation benefits to Plaintiff, Charles Wood, as a result of his work-related injuries incurred 

on or about May 2, 2012,” and it has “provided workers’ compensation benefits to Charles Wood 

and is obligated to continue to do so.” Anderson Decl. ¶¶ 6–7, ECF No. 17. The State Fund’s 

application for a first lien in the amount to be determined after the payment of plaintiff’s litigation 

expenses and attorney’s fees is hereby GRANTED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: April 13, 2015. 

 

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