California Court of Appeal

Medrano v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., B202828

In a workers' compensation matter, decision finding that amount of petitioner's earning from subsequent employment must be subtracted from vocational rehabilitation maintenance allowance (VRMA) to which he was entitled is annulled and Workers' Compensation Board Judge's decision is reinstated where: 1) VRMA is not a wage replacement benefit; and 2) therefore there should be no credit against the worker's VRMA payments for wages earned during the same period the worker was awarded VRMA payments.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/25/2008
• Published 09/25/2008

Judges

• MOSK, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jackson & Jackson, Gary A. Jackson for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert W. Daneri, Suzanne Ah-Tye, and David M. Goi for Respondents.