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Case Name Baker v. WCAB (Guerrero)
Date 07/28/2017
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Citation H043291
WCC Citation W.C.A.B. No. ADJ1377005
Filed 7/28/17 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT .             CHRISTINE BAKER, as Administrator, etc. , Petitioner, .             v. .             WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and JIM GUERRERO, Respondents. .             H043291 .             (W. C. A. B. No. ADJ1377005) .             WRIT OF REVIEW .             We granted the petition for writ of review in this matter to answer a previously unresolved question: At what point does the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund, the state fund that pays workers’ compensation benefits to certain permanently disabled workers, begin to owe those benefits to a qualifying applicant?.           Under the relevant statutes, the SIBTF pays a portion of the permanent disability compensation owed to a qualifying worker. .           We find further support for our reading of the statute in the Supreme Court’s reasoning in Baker v. Workers’ Comp. .           WE CONCUR: .           ____________________________ Premo, Acting P. J.

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