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BRODIE v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

No. A112003.

47 Cal.Rptr.3d 825 (2006)

Stan BRODIE, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeal of California, First District, Division Three.

August 30, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gearheart & Otis, Mark E. Gearheart, Pleasant Hill, for Petitioner Stan Brodie.

David J. Froba, for Amicus Curiae California Applicants' Attorneys Assn. on behalf of Petitioner Stan Brodie.

Thomas, Lyding, Carter & Gaus, William R. Thomas, Douglas E. Starns, Walnut Creek, for Respondents County of Contra Costa Fire Protection District.

SIGGINS, J.

INTRODUCTION

California's Workers' Compensation law was extensively amended in 2004 by urgency statute that took immediate effect and was intended to address a "crisis" in the availability and affordability of workers' compensation insurance. (Stats.2004, ch. 34, § 49.) This case involves the application of certain parts of the new law that require apportionment where a claimant's permanent disability is due, in part, to a prior injury....

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