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

Docket No. S.F. 22676.

1 Cal.3d 889 (1970)

464 P.2d 47

83 Cal. Rptr. 591

RUTH GOYTIA, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and CALIFORNIA PACKING CORPORATION, Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 30, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Morgan, Beauzay & Hammer and Robert T. Bledsoe for Petitioner.

Barry Satzman as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Everett A. Corten, Jon L. Gateley, Edmund D. Leonard and Dawson B. Leonard for Respondents.


OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

Petitioner seeks annulment of a decision after reconsideration by the Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board which reduced her award of permanent disability benefits. The appeals board, basing its determination upon her pre-injury earnings, rated petitioner's earning capacity for purposes of permanent disability as minimum. We cannot ascertain from the ambiguous decision of the board whether or not in so doing it...

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