Filed 7/26/05 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Sacramento) RIO LINDA UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, JANETTE SCHEFTNER, Respondents. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On February 12, 2002, Janelle Scheftner, a third grade teacher at Rio Linda Union Elementary School, slipped on a piece of food as she was walking out of her classroom. She had a back strain in 1997, which had resolved by the time she was hired by the school in 2001. On February 21, 2002, Scheftner went to see her Kaiser physician regarding her school injury. An award of permanent partial disability, attorney fees, and further medical treatment was entered in favor of Scheftner and against the Rio Linda Union School District (District).

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