Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 29, 1998No. B118377PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
EPSTEIN, J.
Raymond Johnson filed a petition for writ of review asking us to determine whether he should have been awarded vocational rehabilitation benefits for the period October 7, 1995, through September 4, 1996, before he was found to be a qualified injured worker (QIW). We conclude that he was entitled to the benefits he seeks and annul the award of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board to the extent that it denies such relief.
Factual and Procedural Summary
Petitioner was employed by T.H. Likens & Sons, Inc., on November 14, 1989, when he fell from scaffolding and suffered a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Webb v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
- Mote v. WORKERS'COMP. APPEALS BD., KIMSTOCK, INC.California Court of Appeal · 1997
- San Diego Transit Corp. v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
- Pereira v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1987
- Estrada v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.California Court of Appeal · 1997
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- Cano v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2000