STATE COMPENSATION INS. v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS

Docket No. 20002.

88 Cal.App.3d 43 (1979)

152 Cal. Rptr. 153

STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and THOMAS K. SLOTTEN, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

January 4, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James J. Vonk, Robert M. Jakob, Arthur Hershensen and Frank Evans for Petitioner.

John H. Larson, County Counsel (Los Angeles), Milton J. Litvin, Mary Carol Scherb, Deputy County Counsel, Burt Pines, City Attorney (Los Angeles), John T. Neville, Senior Assistant City Attorney, Daniel U. Smith, Deputy City Attorney, Grancell, Kegel & Tobin and David E. Lister as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Charles L. Swezey, Thomas J. McBirnie, Frank H. Batlin, William B. Donohoe, Dexter W. Young and Richard W. Younkin for Respondents.

Mart & Ordas, Michael J. McClain, Dale E. Ordas, William L. Veen and Clark G. Leslie as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondents.


OPINION

TAMURA, J.

(1a) The sole question presented by this proceeding is whether an industrially injured municipal employee is entitled to the vocational rehabilitation benefits mandated by Labor Code section 139.5, as amended in 1974.1

In September 1975, Thomas K. Slotten (hereafter applicant) sustained an industrial injury to his head, neck, and shoulders while employed as a police...

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