Buhlert Trucking v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

BLEASE, Acting P. J.(la) In this case we hold (a) that under Labor Code section 4600 1 an employer is liable for the full award of costs of future medical treatment to an employee injured in the course of his employment where the need for such medical treatment is partially attributable to a previous industrial injury and (b) that section 4600 has not been impliedly repealed or amended by the later enactment of section 3208.2. To the extent that our earlier decision in Savage Plumbing Co. v. Workers’ Comp. Appeals Bd. (1982) 131 Cal.App.3d 517 [182 Cal.Rptr. 485], is inconsistent with…