LAUCIRICA v. WORKMEN'S COMP. APPEALS BD.

Docket Nos. 28487, 28585, 28674, 28838.

17 Cal.App.3d 681 (1971)

95 Cal. Rptr. 219

LEON LAUCIRICA, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY et al., Respondents. PATRICK E. BRUCE, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, FRANK FULLOM, INC., et al., Respondents. ALBERT C. JONES, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, E.H. HEATH et al., Respondents. ROBERT W. CRANE, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and FIBREBOARD CORPORATION, Respondents. (Consolidated Cases.)

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

May 19, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Marcus, Ury, Sherbourne, Kilbourne & Hill, Marcus & Ury, Maurice S. Marcus and Frank Ury for Petitioners.

Rupert A. Pedrin, Marcel L. Gunther, Richard E. Ryan, T. Groezinger, Loton Wells and W.R. Lowndes for Respondents.


OPINION

DRAPER, P.J.

May the 10 percent "penalty" for unreasonable delay in payment of workmen's compensation (Lab. Code, § 5814) be imposed for delay in payment of interest upon the award? That is the issue presented in these four cases. We issued writs of review, and have consolidated the four cases for disposition.

In each case, an award of compensation was made and each applicant made demand upon the compensation...

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