State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

KLEIN, P. J.

A workers’ compensation judge (WCJ), applying the rebut-table presumption of compensability provided in Labor Code section 5402, 1 barred evidence offered by defendant State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) concerning its admitted noncompliance with the statute and determined that an applicant was 100 percent permanently disabled due to industrial injury. SCIF petitioned for reconsideration, and the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Board) denied reconsideration, upholding the WCJ. SCIF sought review in this court, contending that the WCJ had erred in finding…