Shasta Convalescent Hospital v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

ABBE, J. *

We review a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (hereafter Board) which denied petitioners’ request for reconsideration and adopted the report of the workers’ compensation judge (hereafter judge). The judge had dismissed petitioners’ appeal from a decision of the Rehabilitation Bureau ordering petitioners to pay respondent Penny A. Jones (hereafter real party) temporary rehabilitation benefits for a period extending beyond the 240-week limitation contained in Labor Code section 4656.

Petitioners requested a writ of review which we granted. Petitioners contend…