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Case Name | Dept. of Education v. WCAB (Gill) | |
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Date | 03/16/1993 | |
Note | Method of converting PD rating to a number of weeks of workers' comp. | |
Citation | 14 Cal.App.4th 1348 | |
WCC Citation | WCC 25071993 CA |
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DIVISION OF STATE SPECIAL SCHOOLS, CALIFORNIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and THELMA SWAIN GILL, Respondents. 4 work, expert vocational testimony that applicant was not feasible for vocational rehabilitation pursuant to LeBoeuf v. Workers' Comp. On November 5, 1991, the WCJ submitted to the Board his report on petition for reconsideration, recommending that the petition be denied. The Fuentes approach is used where apportionment is justified by the evidence, the Wilkinson one where it is not. Thus, when the WCAB in Harold found that Harold's 1971 injury and 1973 injury became permanent and stationary at the same time the WCAB was still properly exercising its continuing jurisdiction over the 1971 injury.
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