PALMER v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

Docket No. B023863.

192 Cal.App.3d 1241 (1987)

237 Cal. Rptr. 800

WALLACE EARL PALMER, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

June 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Cantrell, Green, Pekich & Zaks and Marilyn S. Green for Petitioner.

Jones, Nelson, Ford & Haley, Theodore W. Cornforth, Richard W. Younkin, William B. Donohoe and Charles E. Finster for Respondents.


OPINION

WOODS, P.J.

In this proceeding we review a decision of respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (Board) that applicant's petition to reopen was untimely because it was filed more than five years after the date of injury defined as the first date of compensable disability. We conclude that the definition of date of injury contained in Labor Code section 5412 should be...

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