California Court of Appeal
Rio Linda Union Sch. Dist. v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., C048298
New laws enacted by Senate Bill No. 899, requiring apportionment of permanent disability based on causation, apply to a workers' compensation case submitted for decision prior to the effective date of the bill since an award and findings were not issued until after its effective date.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/26/2005
- Published 07/26/2005
Judges
- CANTIL-SAKAUYE, J.
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Mullen & Filippi, Barbara L. Turner and Richard J. Berryhill, San Jose, for Petitioner., Hanna, Brophy, MacLean, McAleer & Jensen, Richard Brophy and Gerald M. Kennedy, Sacramento, for California Workers' Compensation Defense Attorneys' Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner., Finnegan, Marks, Hampton & Theofel, Michael A. Marks, San Francisco, for California Workers' Compensation Institute as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
- For Appellees:
- No appearance for Respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board., Law Office of Iris S. Newton, Iris S. Newton, Sacramento; Rucka, O'Boyle, Lombardo & McKenna, Cosimo Aiello, Salinas, for Respondent Janelle Scheftner., Remcho, Johansen & Purcell, James C. Harrison, Margaret R. Prinzing, Karen Getman for California Applicants' Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent Janelle Scheftner.