Ramsey v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

TAMURA, J.

Petitioner seeks review and annulment of an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeals Board denying his petition for reconsideration of a supplemental decision awarding permanent disability benefits. The sole issue raised by the petition is whether the board, in imposing the penalty provided by section 5814 of the Labor Code, should have applied the 10 percent penalty to temporary disability and other benefits previously awarded as well as to the permanent disability indemnity.

On May 26, 1967, petitioner, while employed by respondent Humko Products, sustained an injury…