Background This case arises out of a workers' compensation claim, alleging specific and cumulative back injuries, filed by Ronald Camper (Camper) in 1989. On July 24, 1991, the WCAB filed its opinion following reconsideration, which was served upon Camper by mail on the same date. On September 12, 1991, 50 days after the WCAB filed its opinion, Camper filed a petition for writ of review in the Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District. The procedure for obtaining judicial review of an opinion of the WCAB is set forth in Labor Code section 5950. Southwest Airlines, supra, 234 Cal. App. 3d 1421, was decided on October 7, 1991, after Camper filed his petition.

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