Thompson v. Ford Motor Co.

Plaintiff appeals by leave granted September 27, 1983, from a February 25, 1983, decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board. The appeal board denied plaintiff’s claim for total and permanent disability on the ground that the claim was barred under the doctrine of res judicata due to an earlier award of 500 weeks of general disability compensation benefits for the same injury. We reverse and remand for a hearing on the issue of whether plaintiff knew or should have known he was totally and permanently disabled when he filed the prior petition for general disability benefits, and…