Bekins Moving & Storage Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

WHITE, P. J.

This petition by an employer challenges a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (hereafter Board) that the applicant was entitled to rehabilitation benefits. The issue raised is whether the Board erred in its ruling that the application was not barred by the statute of limitations. Novel and important questions concerning application of Labor Code sections 3207, 5404, and 5804 are involved. We have concluded that one of the limiting statutes does apply to rehabilitation benefits, but that under the circumstances of this case the applicant satisfied the…