Fremont Indemnity Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

CAPACCIOLI, J.

In this case we are asked to decide which insurance carrier is liable for an increased rate of permanent disability indemnity when the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (board) finds a combined disability based on several injuries that straddle a rate change. We find that the insurance carrier for each injury is liable for its total percentage of liability found, and accordingly annul the board’s decisions in these matters.

Facts and Procedural History

Applicant was employed as a working carpenter foreman by Lew Jones Construction Company (Lew Jones) from 1965 through…