BARNES v. W.C.A.B.

No. S082111.

97 Cal.Rptr.2d 638 (2000)

23 Cal.4th 679

2 P.3d 1180

Ronnie BARNES, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, Employment Development Department et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

July 10, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronnie Barnes, in pro. per.; Joseph V. Capurro, San Jose; Law Office of Marilee Jones-Cofield and Marilee Jones-Cofield, Los Angeles, for Petitioner.

Joseph V. Capurro and William A. Herreras, Grover Beach, for California Applicants' Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Richard A. Krimen, Robert W. Daneri and Don E. Clark, San Francisco, for Respondents Employment Development Department and State Compensation Insurance Fund.

Robert E. Shannon, City Attorney, and Susan C. Oakley, Deputy City Attorney, for Respondent City of Long Beach.

No appearance for Respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.


WERDEGAR, J.

An employee suffers a compensable industrial injury and is granted a precautionary award for future medical care. More than five years later, the employer petitions to terminate its future liability for such care, contending the employee's continuing physical problems are not the result of the original industrial injury. We address in this case whether the employer's petition to terminate its liability...

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