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Case Name | Hamilton v. WCAB | |
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Date | 05/04/1979 | |
Note | Presumption must be supported by evidence of causal connection between employment and injury. | |
Citation | 93 Cal.App.3d 587, 44 CCC 520 | |
WCC Citation | WCC 4141979 CA |
In 1975, two years after his retirement, Hamilton entered Kaiser hospital for a routine examination. Instead he said 'lay off the booze,' and recommended a 'dry-out clinic' to which Hamilton went for three or four days. But Hamilton did not stop drinking, at least until about a year after he had filed his claim for workers' compensation. 'Review of records: I reviewed all of the records that were sent to me regarding Mr. Hamilton. These records confirm the fact that Mr. Hamilton did indeed begin to have intermittent hypertension since the middle of the 1960's.
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