Calif. Panel Affirms Ruling Denying Writ Of Mandate In Licensure Workers’ Comp Row

( October 8, 2026, 9:09 AM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California appellate court affirmed a lower court ruling denying a petition for writ of mandate challenging the California Board of Psychology’s decisions placing a psychologist on probation regarding her licensure and denying early termination of probation, finding in part that an order denying the psychologist’s petition for early termination of probation related to her conviction for workers’ compensation fraud was correctly reviewed using a substantial evidence test (Morella Bombardini v. Board of Psychology, No. C104172, Calif. App., 3rd Dist., 2026 Cal. App. LEXIS 621)....