Tanimura & Antle v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

DUFFY, J.

This case comes to us on a petition for writ of review following the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board’s reversal of a workers’ compensation judge’s award of benefits to an injured worker, Avelino López. The board concluded that the worker should receive greater benefits because prior law applied in the worker’s case. The question before us is whether the permanent disability rating of the worker should be based on the 1997 permanent disability rating schedule (PDRS) or the 2005 version of the PDRS. We conclude that the 2005 PDRS applies and therefore annul the board’s…