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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

No. A141046.

240 Cal.App.4th 746 (2015)

193 Cal.Rptr.3d 7

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and DOREEN DAHL, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

September 24, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas, Lyding, Cartier, & Gaus and Mark A. Cartier for Petitioner.

Lenahan, Lee, Slater & Pearse and Tiffany D. Corona for California State Association of Counties-Excess Insurance Authority as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Finnegan, Marks, Theofel & Desmond and Ellen Sims Langille for California Chamber of Commerce as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Law Offices of Allweiss & McMurtry and Michael A. Marks for California Workers' Compensation Institute as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Mullen & Filippi and Edward L. Hummer for California Association of Joint Powers Authorities as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Department of Industrial Relations, Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Neil P. Sullivan and James T. Losee for Respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.

Boxer & Gerson and Arjuna Farnsworth for Respondent Doreen Dahl.

Gearheart & Otis and Mark E. Gearheart for California Applicants' Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent Doreen Dahl.

OPINION

We granted Contra Costa County's (the County) petition for a writ of review, which challenged a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's (the WCAB) decision awarding Doreen Dahl a permanent disability rating of 79 percent.1 The workers' compensation judge (the WCJ) initially

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