ROY HOWARD vs. MERCER STAFFING, aka AMERICAN STAFF RESOURCES, CASCADE NATIONAL INSURANCE, in liquidation, CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION

This case concerns whether temporary disability payments should extend indefinitely after an industrial back and shoulder injury. The Appeals Board determined that Labor Code section 4656(c)(1) limits aggregate temporary disability payments to 104 weeks within a two-year period from the first payment of temporary disability, not the date disability is owed. Therefore, the award was amended to terminate payments on January 28, 2007, the two-year anniversary of the initial payment.