FUENTES v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

Docket No. S.F. 23264.

16 Cal.3d 1 (1976)

547 P.2d 449

128 Cal. Rptr. 673

JOHN FUENTES, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, PACIFIC STATES STEEL CORPORATION et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Levy, Van Bourg & Hackler, Van Bourg, Allen, Weinberg, Williams & Roger and Barry J. Williams for Petitioner.

Barry Satzman as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

T. Groezinger, James J. Vonk, George S. Bjornsen, Robert A. LaPorta, Hanna & Brophy, Hogen J. Kallemeyn. Warren Hanna, Mullen & Filippi, Charles F. Lee and Adolph J. Capurro for Respondents.


OPINION

RICHARDSON, J.

Petitioner seeks review of an award by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (the Board). We consider and resolve certain conflicts which have arisen over the appropriate method of determining the extent of an employer's liability for an employee's industrial injury resulting in permanent disability in those cases in which a portion of the over-all disability is attributable to a preexisting injury. In particular...

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