Johns-Manville Products Corp. v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

KAUS, P. J.

Petitioner Johns-Manville Products Corporation (JohnsManville) contends the appeals board 1 erred in: (1) awarding the injured employee further medical care for his industrial back condition; (2) failing to properly “apportion” the injured employee’s lung disability to his prior back disability, and (3) refusing to refer the injured employee to an independent medical examiner on medical issues pertaining to the lung disability.

We hold on the question of further medical treatment for the back condition that Johns-Manville is precluded from raising the issue because it failed…