Supreme Court of California

Following the 2004 omnibus reform of California's workers' compensation scheme, the apportionment formula adopted in Fuentes v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., 16 Cal.3d 1 (1976), has not been superseded and it remains the correct formula to apply in apportioning compensation between causes of disability.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/03/2007
• Published 05/03/2007

Judges

• WERDEGAR, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gearheart & Otis and Mark E. Gearheart, Pleasant Hill, for Petitioner Stan Brodie., Gearheart & Otis and Roy Oits, Pleasant Hill, for Petitioner Jack Strong., DuRard, McKenna & Borg and Susan R. Borg, San Mateo, for Petitioner Henry L. Williams, Jr., Leep & Tescher and M.K. Tescher, Jr., Redding, for Petitioners Kenneth Dee Welcher and Aurora Lopez., David J. Froba, Modesto, for California Applicants' Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Stan Brodie.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas, Lyding, Cartier & Gaus, William R. Thomas and Douglas E. Starns, Walnut Creek, for Respondent Contra Costa County Fire Protection District., Dennis J. Herrera, City Attorney, Rebecca Liu, Danny Chou and M. Diane Weber, Deputy City Attorneys, for Respondent City and County of San Francisco., Robert W. Daneri, Suzanne Ah Tye, San Francisco, and David M. Goi, for Respondents California Department of Social Services/IHSS, State Compensation Insurance Fund, Adjusting Agent and Hat Creek Construction, Inc., Laughlin, Falbo, Levy & Moresi, Shari E. Levy, San Francisco;  Grancell, Lebovitz, Stander, Barnes & Reubens and Lawrence Kirk, San Jose, for Respondent United Airlines., No appearance for Respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board., Law Offices of Saul Allweiss, Michael A. Marks;  Finnegan, Marks, Hampton & Theofel and Ellen Sims Langille, San Francisco, for California Workers' Compensation Institute as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents., Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold and Christina J. Imre, Los Angeles, for California Chamber of Commerce, Agricultural Council of California, Association of California Insurance Companies, Associated General Contractors of California, California Business Roundtable, California Farm Bureau Federation, California Grocers Association, California Hotel and Lodging Association, California Restaurant Association, California Retailers Association, California Business Properties Association, California Manufacturers & Technology Association, National Federation of Independent Business Legal Foundation, Western Growers Association and WSPA as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondents., Raymond G. Fortner, Jr., County Counsel (Los Angeles), Patrick A. Wu, Assistant County Counsel, and Leah D. Davis, Deputy County Counsel, for County of Los Angeles as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents., Jones Day, Ellwood Lui, Los Angeles, Peter E. Davids, San Francisco;  Raymond G, Fortner, Jr., County Counsel (Los Angeles), Charles Safer, Assistant County Counsel, and Rosanne Wong, Deputy County Counsel, for Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.