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Dianne Benson vs. The Permanente Medical Group, Athens Administrators

Filed: Dec 13, 2007
Oakland
OAK 0297895, OAK 0326228

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The Appeals Board holds that the rule from Wilkinson v. Workers’ Comp. Appeals Bd., allowing a combined disability award for successive injuries, is no longer generally applicable after SB 899 reforms, mandating that apportionment must be based on causation for each separate injury.

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The Appeals Board holds that the rule from Wilkinson v. Workers’ Comp. Appeals Bd., allowing a combined disability award for successive injuries, is no longer generally applicable after SB 899 reforms, mandating that apportionment must be based on causation for each separate injury.

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