> >
Case Name | Market Basket v. WCAB | |
---|---|---|
Date | 10/31/1978 | |
Note | Physician's report defective where no reference to preexisting psychiatric condition. | |
Citation | 86 Cal.App.3d 137, 43 CCC 1186 | |
WCC Citation | WCC 28081978 CA |
MARKET BASKET, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and JUANITA ALLEN, Respondents. OPINION HANSON, J. Petitioner Market Basket contends that the appeals board erred in finding respondent Juanita Allen sustained psychiatric disability as the result of her admitted industrial injury while employed by Market Basket and that if substantial evidence does support such finding then the appeals board erred in not apportioning the psychiatric disability. Facts On March 21, 1975, Allen sustained an admitted injury arising out of and occurring in the course of her employment for Market Basket as a grocery checker. Market Basket obtained a psychiatric evaluation from Carl E. Graner, M. D. Market Basket then petitioned for reconsideration by the board.
Download full case here.
Download full case here.