TANIMURA & ANTLE v. W.C.A.B.

No. H031049.

69 Cal.Rptr.3d 127 (2007)

157 Cal.App.4th 1489

TANIMURA & ANTLE, et al., Petitioners, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and Avelino Lopez, Respondents.

Court of Appeal of California, Sixth District.

November 21, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel H. Hunt, Matovich & McLean, for Petitioners Tanimura & Antle et al.

Michael A. Marks, San Francisco, Law Offices of Saul Allweiss, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

Alfred Lombardo, Rucka, O'Boyle, Lombardo & McKenna, Salinas, for Respondent Avelino López.


DUFFY, J.

This case comes to us on a petition for writ of review following the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's reversal of a workers' compensation judge's award of benefits to an injured worker, Avelino López. The board concluded that the worker should receive greater benefits because prior law applied in the worker's case. The question before us is whether the permanent disability rating of the worker should be based on the 1997 Permanent Disability Rating...

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