Superior Court Judge Sides with Employer on Serious Injury Reporting Trigger

A Sacramento Superior Court judge has ruled that an employer did not have to report an injury that required hospitalization until after it was determined that the stay would be in excess of 24 hours.The case, Rudolph & Sletten, Inc., stems from a November 1998 incident in which an employee injured a toe while using a jackhammer. The injury was an open fracture, which required surgery.A doctor initially indicated that the worker would be released by 7 a.m. the next day, less than 24