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The applicant, Maricela Murphy, sought reconsideration of a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board decision denying her claim for industrial psychiatric injury. The Board denied her petition, affirming the administrative law judge's finding that she failed to demonstrate actual employment events were the predominant cause of her alleged injury, as required by Labor Code section 3208.3(b)(1). Furthermore, the Board found that any employer actions constituted lawful, nondiscriminatory personnel actions, rendering a more complex legal analysis unnecessary. The judge's credibility determinations, favoring defense witnesses over the applicant's accounts to medical evaluators, were found to be supported by substantial evidence, particularly the lack of objective evidence of harassment.
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The applicant, Maricela Murphy, sought reconsideration of a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board decision denying her claim for industrial psychiatric injury. The Board denied her petition, affirming the administrative law judge's finding that she failed to demonstrate actual employment events were the predominant cause of her alleged injury, as required by Labor Code section 3208.3(b)(1). Furthermore, the Board found that any employer actions constituted lawful, nondiscriminatory personnel actions, rendering a more complex legal analysis unnecessary. The judge's credibility determinations, favoring defense witnesses over the applicant's accounts to medical evaluators, were found to be supported by substantial evidence, particularly the lack of objective evidence of harassment.
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