Kaminski v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board & Montgomery Ward & Co.

Opinion

TAMURA, J. *

This is a proceeding to review a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board pertaining to the imposition of the statutory 10 percent penalty for unreasonable delay or refusal to pay compensation benefits awarded to an applicant. 1

Applicant applied for workers’ compensation benefits for an injury (emotional trauma) arising out of and in the course of his employment as a security and safety manager for Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc., permissibly self-insured. On December 19, 1978, the workers’ compensation judge made a minimal award of 5 percent permanent disability…