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Case Name Zemke v. WCAB
Date 06/28/1968
Note Apportionment permitted only as to that part of disability which would have resulted from
Citation 68 Cal 2d 794
WCC Citation WCC 29231968 CA
ERNEST J. ZEMKE, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, W. S. SHAMBAN AND COMPANY et al. , Respondents. The petitioner, Ernest J. Zemke, worked as a maintenance mechanic for W. S. Shamban and Company in Newberry Park, California, prior to December 18, 1965. (1949) 95 Cal. App. 2d 443, 450 [213 P. 2d 11]; 2 Hanna, California Law of Employee Injuries and Workmen's Compensation (2d ed. [2] "Whether a disability results in whole or in part from 'the normal progress of a preexisting disease' (Industrial Indemn. We have also said that the W. C. A. B. is not entitled to rely on medical reports which it knows to be erroneous.

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