Redmond v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

ROUSE, J.

Petitioner-applicant, by his guardian ad litem, seeks review and annulment of an opinion and decision after reconsideration issued by the board on July 19, 1973. The principal question is whether the board’s decision after reconsideration, which reduced the referee’s award of 100 percent permanent disability to 20 percent permanent disability, is supported by the evidence.

Applicant, a 63-year-old motor coach operator employed by the City and County of San Francisco since 1955, sustained injury to his face, neck, left hand and left leg on May 13, 1970, when a young female…