HENRY v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

No. B116313.

80 Cal.Rptr.2d 631 (1998)

68 Cal.App.4th 981

Jennifer HENRY, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area et al., Respondents.

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

Rehearing Denied January 5, 1999.

Review Denied March 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ghitterman & Ghitterman and Allan S. Ghitterman, Santa Barbara, for Petitioner.

W. Peter Godfrey; Law Offices of Leonard J. Silberman; and Susan Wulz Silberman, Santa Ana, for Respondents Mammoth Mountain Ski Area and L.W.P. Services.

No appearance for Respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.


GILBERT, J.

Under Labor Code section 4644, subdivision (a)(6)(B), the liability of an employer for an injured employee's vocational rehabilitation terminates if the employer offers and the employee accepts alternate work lasting 12 months.1

Here we hold that a seasonal employee is entitled to only 12 months of alternate seasonal work, not to 12 months of continuous work.

Jennifer Lee Henry (Henry) injured her back while...

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