PULLMAN KELLOGG v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

Docket No. L.A. 31146.

26 Cal.3d 450 (1980)

605 P.2d 422

161 Cal. Rptr. 783

PULLMAN KELLOGG et al., Petitioners, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and MARTIN G. NORMAND, Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

February 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Rowen, Swanson & Rose and Joel D. Swanson for Petitioners.

Richard W. Younkin, William B. Donohoe, Dexter W. Young, Steven Roseman and John Sherman for Respondents.

Yale I. Jones as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

Martin G. Normand suffered an injury to his lungs partially as the result of repeated exposure to harmful substances in his employment over a period of years. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (board) awarded him benefits, and refused to apportion any part of his disability to nonindustrial causes, i.e., the circumstance that Normand had smoked a package of cigarettes a day for many years before he became disabled...

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