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Case Name | Luchini v. WCAB | |
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Date | 04/30/1970 | |
Note | Prophylactic restrictions are valid for rating permanent disability. | |
Citation | 7 Cal.App.3d 141, 35 CCC 205 | |
WCC Citation | WCC 25211970 CA |
JAMES B. LUCHINI, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, McCARTER LYDON ELECTRIC CORPORATION et al. , Respondents (Opinion by Kingsley, J. , with Jefferson, Acting P. J. , and Alarcon, J. , concurring. )Everett A. Corten, Sheldon M. Ziff, Herlihy, Herlihy, Jones & Nelson and Kennis T. Jones for Respondents. [1a] The board refused to incorporate, as factors of permanent disability, certain work restrictions recommended by the medical experts. On June 11, 1964, petitioner, an electrician, sustained a compound fracture of the right leg just above the ankle when a ladder on which he was working collapsed. Each of the several medical experts who examined petitioner expressed the opinion that the residuals from the industrial injury restrict him in the performance of work activities.
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