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This case concerns a contribution claim between two insurance carriers, NAICC and SCIF, regarding benefits paid to an injured worker. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted SCIF's petition for reconsideration of an arbitrator's award that found two separate injury dates. The WCAB rescinded the arbitrator's decision and established a single cumulative trauma injury date from July 9, 1998, through July 8, 1999. Consequently, SCIF was ordered to pay NAICC $37,396.04, representing SCIF's proportionate share of benefits paid by NAICC during the established injury period.
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This case concerns a contribution claim between two insurance carriers, NAICC and SCIF, regarding benefits paid to an injured worker. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted SCIF's petition for reconsideration of an arbitrator's award that found two separate injury dates. The WCAB rescinded the arbitrator's decision and established a single cumulative trauma injury date from July 9, 1998, through July 8, 1999. Consequently, SCIF was ordered to pay NAICC $37,396.04, representing SCIF's proportionate share of benefits paid by NAICC during the established injury period.
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