The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board erred by allowing an applicant to reopen his award for a new injury and further disability from his original injury, State Fund attorneys argued in a successful petition for a writ of review. State Compensation Insurance Fund is challenging a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board decision to allow Mark Hancock's petition to reopen a 2001 award for a new cumulative shoulder injury claim. The 3rd District Court of Appeal granted the carrier's petition for a writ of review last week, in the case SCIF v. WCAB (Hancock). In his successful petiti...
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