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BERRY v. WORKMEN'S COMP. APP. BD.

Docket No. L.A. 29557.

68 Cal.2d 786 (1968)

441 P.2d 908

69 Cal. Rptr. 68

WILLIAM BERRY, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, FLORENCE FURNITURE COMPANY, INC. et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 26, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rose, Klein, & Marias and Howard N. Lehman for Petitioner.

Everett A. Corten, Edward A. Sarkisian, Sheldon M. Ziff, Zonni, Ginocchio & Taylor and Marco J. Zonni for Respondents.

MOSK, J.

We are called upon to decide whether there is substantial evidence in the record to support a finding of the Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board (hereinafter board) that half of petitioner William Berry's disability is due to a preexisting physical impairment and half to an industrial injury. The evidence compels our conclusion that his entire disability is the result of an industrial injury.

In May 1964, Berry hit his left knee on a dresser while...

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