Legal Opinion
Ferreira v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 26, 1974No. Civ. 2147PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BROWN (G. A.), P. J.
Petitioner, James N. Ferreira, seeks review and annulment of an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeals Board (“appeals board”) denying reconsideration of the decision and finding of the referee that a left inguinal hernia sustained on August 8, 1966, while lifting a battery out of his pickup truck at home is noncompensable.
In 1961 petitioner sustained a left inguinal hernia while working for Valley Motor Lines. There was a hemioplasty operation for this condition in 1961. By 1966, so far as petitioner was aware, this hernia was healed.
On May 18, 1966, while…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Scala v. Jerry Witt & Sons, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1970
- Zemke v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
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