The California 1st District Court of Appeal will weigh in on a dispute over whether the opinion of a vocational expert can be used by an applicant to rebut the Diminished Future Earning Capacity component of the 2005 Schedule for Rating Permanent Disabilities.
The petition for review in Contra Costa County v. WCAB (Dahl), No. A141046, has been pending for almost a year now. Several amicus briefs were filed urging the court to grant review.
The court finally issued notice that it would hear the case on Jan. 8, and it set this coming Thursday as the deadline for it to receive a copy of the adm...
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