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Case Name | General Ins. Co. of America v. WCAB | |
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Date | 04/07/1980 | |
Note | Where liability of 4 different insurers is interwoven, 2 filed for reconsideration, all 4 must be heard. | |
Citation | 104 Cal.App.3d 278, 45 CCC 403 | |
WCC Citation | WCC 26581980 CA |
GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA et al. , Petitioners, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and GLEN A. OPINION LILLIE, ACTING P. J. Petitioner General Insurance Company of America (General) is one of several insurance carriers for the employer in the subject workers' compensation proceeding before respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (Board). We also annul the Board's order directing General to administer the award as it was based upon the refusal to grant reconsideration in favor of General. (Coltharp) (1973) 35 Cal. App. 3d 329 [110 Cal. Rptr. 780]; Ferguson v. City of Oxnard (WCAB en banc opinion, 1970) 35 Cal. Comp. Cases 452. )General then sought reconsideration contending the Board erred in finding General primarily liable and failing to make a final determination on the issue of apportionment between the various injuries.
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