P.v. Stover
Filed 3/17/06 P.v. Stover CA3
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
(Shasta)
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| THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. GEORGE TIMOTHY STOVER II, Defendant and Appellant. | C049636
(Super. Ct. No. 03F2670)
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Defendant George Timothy Stover II pleaded no contest to making a knowingly false material statement or material representation for the purpose of obtaining workers' compensation benefits as defined in Labor Code section 3207 (Ins. Code, § 1871.4, subd. (a)(1)) and was sentenced to two years in state prison to run concurrently with his sentence in an unrelated case. Following a contested restitution hearing, defendant was ordered to pay victim restitution in the amount of $5,675.98, consisting of $4,066.15 in medical costs and $1,609.83 in administrative costs, paid by his employer's workers' compensation carrier, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Liberty Mutual).
On appeal, defendant contends the trial court abused its discretion by ordering him to reimburse Liberty Mutual for medical costs it paid on his behalf. We shall affirm.
Facts and Procedural History
Defendant claimed he injured his back when a tire fell on his back while he was working as a mechanic at Sears. Thereafter, Liberty Mutual paid $4,225.58 in medical costs associated with defendant's alleged injury. It was later determined that defendant had provided a false Social Security number to, among others, his employer and Liberty Mutual, and had lied about past workers' compensation claims, including claims involving back injuries.
At the restitution hearing, the parties stipulated that if the Liberty Mutual claims representative were called as a witness, she would testify that â€
