Parish v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

ABBE, J.

We hold respondent Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) erred in concluding the evidence rebutted the Labor Code section 3212.5 presumption that applicant’s heart trouble arose out of and in the course of his employment as a deputy sheriff by respondent County of Ventura.

Applicant was employed as a deputy sheriff by defendant County from December 19, 1966, through August 27, 1982. Applicant claims in his petition, among other things, cumulative industrial injury to his heart.

Applicant testified and reported to the examining physicians that stressful conditions in his work…