Legal Opinion
Kosowski v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 25, 1985No. A029032PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KING, J.
In this case we hold that if industrially injured public safety workers, entitled to leave at full salary for up to one year in lieu of temporary disability payments under Labor Code section 4850, receive earnings from self-employment during the leave, their employer is entitled to credit such earnings against its obligation to pay full salary.
We granted Richard Kosowski’s petition for writ of review of a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Board) which affirmed the workers’ compensation judge’s finding allowing his employer a credit against Labor Code section…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1980
- Huston v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1979
- Boyd v. City of Santa AnaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
- State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1972
- City of Palo Alto v. Industrial Accident CommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1965
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- County of Alameda v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2013
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