Legal Opinion
Gamble v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 26, 2006No. G034577PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
O’LEARY, J.
The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (the Board) ordered employer, United Airlines, 1 to provide vocational rehabilitation maintenance allowance (VRMA) benefits to an injured worker, Clifford Gamble, but allowed United a credit for wages Gamble earned at his concurrent employment at the Los Angeles Unified School District (the School District). Gamble asserts the Board erred in allowing such a credit and argues the credit unfairly penalizes an injured worker who must work two jobs to support himself and his dependents and amounts to a windfall to the employer as a result…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Nickelsberg v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1991
- Western Growers Insurance v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1993
- Mathews v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- Department of Rehabilitation v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 2003
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