Construction
Apr. 9, 2025
You say tomato, I say to-mah-to
In L & S Framing Inc. v. California Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board, the Court of Appeal upheld the agency's interpretation of its regulations, emphasizing that administrative agencies' interpretations of their own rules are entitled to significant deference, even when contested by strong arguments from the opposing party.
Garret D. Murai
Partner
Nomos LLP
Garret is the editor of the California Construction Law Blog at www.calconstructionlawblog.com.
Lawyers do a fair amount of reading. Documents. Court decisions. Passive aggressive correspondence from opposing counsel. As well as statutes, regulations and administrative guidance.
As a lawyer you have likely had a situation where something quite clear to you is ascribed a very different meaning by someone else, usually the opposing party. Such, I suppose, is the nature of language.
However, when it comes to public agency inter...
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