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MICHAEL CROUGH vs. MCDONNELL DOUGLAS/BOEING, CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION for FREMONT INSURANCE COMPANY

Filed: Feb 27, 2025
Long Beach
ADJ2403735

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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration of Findings of Fact regarding the defendant's petition for credit for permanent disability advances. The defendant, McDonnell Douglas/Boeing and California Insurance Guarantee Association, sought a credit of $34,738.40, arguing it was due under a prior Stipulation with Request for Award. However, the Board found that the defendant failed to provide evidence demonstrating that equity favored the allowance of the credit or to specify against which benefits the credit would apply. Consequently, the Board affirmed the original Findings of Fact, amending them to explicitly deny the defendant's petition for credit of overpayment of permanent disability benefits.

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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration of Findings of Fact regarding the defendant's petition for credit for permanent disability advances. The defendant, McDonnell Douglas/Boeing and California Insurance Guarantee Association, sought a credit of $34,738.40, arguing it was due under a prior Stipulation with Request for Award. However, the Board found that the defendant failed to provide evidence demonstrating that equity favored the allowance of the credit or to specify against which benefits the credit would apply. Consequently, the Board affirmed the original Findings of Fact, amending them to explicitly deny the defendant's petition for credit of overpayment of permanent disability benefits.

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