Valdez v. Labor Commission

MORTENSEN, Judge:

¶1 Antonio 0. Valdez, a police officer, experienced back pain after his patrol car came to an abrupt stop during an accident. The Labor Commission’s Appeals Board denied him permanent total disability benefits, and Valdez now seeks judicial review of the denial. We decline to disturb that order.

BACKGROUND

¶2 Valdez worked as a police officer for the Unified Police Department. In June 2010, as he was working a graveyard shift, a car and a motorcycle raced past his patrol car. Intending to pull over one or both of the drivers for speeding, Valdez pulled out of the parking lot…