Godfrey J. Garcia vs. State Of California, Northern California Women’s Facility; State Compensation Insurance Fund
This case is about Godfrey J. Garcia, a correctional officer who claimed to have sustained industrial injuries to his left knee on September 13, 1994, cumulative injury to both knees, back and spine through September 23, 1999, and cumulative injury to both knees, back and spine though May 3, 2000. Central Valley Injured Worker Legal Clinic (CVIWLC) filed three applications on behalf of applicant and was allowed a fee of $2389.00. On February 8, 2005, an Order Approving Compromise and Release (OACR) issued which applied to all three cases and provided, as relevant here, for a $19,500.00 attorney’s fee “payable to applicant’s attorney.” CVIWLC