Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

KING, J.

In this case we hold that where two separate and distinct occupational disease processes resulting from a single period of exposure to asbestos manifest themselves at different times, each is entitled to a different date of injury, consistent with Labor Code 1 section 5412, for purposes of calculating the applicable rate of statutory death benefits payable under section 4702.

Petitioner Chevron U.S.A., Inc. (hereafter Chevron), seeks review of an order, denying reconsideration, from the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (hereafter Board) which adopted the report of the…