Prudential Insurance of America v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
California Supreme Court
Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Noble K. Gregory, Walter J. Robinson III and David R. Jackson as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MANUEL, J.
Petitioner Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential) seeks review of an order of the respondent Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) denying its claim of lien filed against an award in favor of respondent Thomas Wright (Wright), an airline employee.
Prudential insured Wright under a salary continuation plan termed a group disability policy which would pay to Wright monthly payments in the event of disability. The policy provided that such payments would be reduced by the “aggregate amounts of benefits . . . which for that month, he receives or would be…
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