The California Supreme Court declined to review a panel decision stating that an applicant's Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund application was timely filed, even though it was filed more than four years after there was a potential to obtain benefits from the fund. The high court denied the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund's petition for a writ of review during its Wednesday conferences in the case of Duncan v. WCAB (May). In that case, a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board panel ruled that an applicant had filed her application for SIBTF benefits within a reasonable ti...
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