Supreme Court Gets Briefing on Whether Disability Can Be Apportioned to Genetics

The California Supreme Court this month received briefing from the parties to a dispute on whether a worker’s permanent disability can be apportioned to account for genetics. On June 2, the attorneys for Christopher Rice requested that the Supreme Court grant review to a decision by the 3rd District Court of Appeal finding such apportionment is appropriate. The attorneys for Rice’s employer last week countered that the 3rd DCA was correct to conclude that the City of Jackson did not have legal responsibility for Rice’s disability, to the extent it was caused by a n...