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Case Name | Leroy T. v. WCAB | |
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Date | 08/28/1974 | |
Note | Juvenile court ward working in fire suppression is entitled to same benefits as county employee | |
Citation | 12 Cal.3d 434, 39 CCC 569 | |
WCC Citation | WCC 23921974 CA |
LEROY T. , a Minor, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, et al. , Respondents In Bank. In the summer of 1969, petitioner Leroy T. was a 16-year-old court ward, a status imposed upon him apparently after he was found to have disturbed the peace. Petitioner subsequently sought workmen's compensation benefits pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 883 and Labor Code section 4455. Claiming that he was entitled to more than minimum compensation, petitioner subsequently and unsuccessfully sought reconsideration before the Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board. 2 Eighty dollars and seventy-seven cents was the maximum weekly earnings figure then prescribed by Labor Code section 4453. fn.
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