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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration and reversed a prior decision finding the decedent's suicide compensable. The Board determined that the employer's investigation into missing funds, which led to the suicide, constituted a lawful, nondiscriminatory, good faith personnel action under Labor Code section 3208.3(h). Therefore, compensation for the suicide is barred, and the applicant is entitled to take nothing.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration and reversed a prior decision finding the decedent's suicide compensable. The Board determined that the employer's investigation into missing funds, which led to the suicide, constituted a lawful, nondiscriminatory, good faith personnel action under Labor Code section 3208.3(h). Therefore, compensation for the suicide is barred, and the applicant is entitled to take nothing.
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