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CHU v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

Docket No. D025723.

49 Cal.App.4th 1176 (1996)

MICHELLE CHU et al., Petitioners, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and CITY OF SAN DIEGO, Respondents.

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

October 1, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

David B. Dugan for Petitioners.

John W. Witt, City Attorney, Anita M. Noone, Chief Deputy City Attorney, and Charles H. Markham, Deputy City Attorney, for Respondents.

OPINION

McDONALD, J.

Benjamin Chu (Chu), a probationary sergeant with the San Diego Police Department (the Department), committed suicide. His wife (Michelle) and children sought workers' compensation death benefits. A workers' compensation judge (WCJ) found that the suicide was the proximate result of injury which arose out of and occurred in the course of Chu's employment as a police officer, and awarded death benefits. The Workers...

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