Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 1, 1976No. Civ. 47167PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FLEMING, Acting P. J.
In August 1968 Lewis, a television serviceman, then 45, suffered orthopedic injuries in a work-related automobile accident. In July 1972, he died of heart disease. The single question in these compensation proceedings is whether the disability, discomfort, and pain consequent to the 1968 accident contributed to his death from coronary atherosclerosis in 1972.
Lewis’s widow filed two claims of entitlement to death benefits. In one, she claimed the pain suffered by the injured employee as a consequence of the automobile accident produced stress which accelerated his…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- LeVesque v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- Lamb v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
- Greenberg v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974
- Stephens v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1971
- Zozaya v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1972
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3Cited by4 opinions
- City & County of San Francisco v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
- California Highway Patrol v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1986
- Hall v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1986
- City & County of San Francisco v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978