What are the implications of a finding and award in a workers' compensation permanent disability case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Dep't of Corr. & Rehab. v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., 238 Cal.Rptr.3d 224, 27 Cal.App.5th 607 (Cal. App. 2018):
"The right to workers' compensation benefits is wholly statutory and is not derived from common law." ( DuBois v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (1993) 5 Cal.4th 382, 388, 20 Cal.Rptr.2d 523, 853 P.2d 978.) To assist in a better understanding of the finding and award subject to this appeal and the discussion that follows, we begin with the general background of the applicable statutory and regulatory framework underlying workers' compensation permanent disability awards.
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