Kingery v. Ford Motor Co.

For the sake of this appeal, we are consolidating the above cases. On January 16, 1982, plaintiff-appellee received an award of workers’ compensation from the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) with liability apportioned between defendants Ford Motor Company and Weltronic Company (Chubb & Son is Weltronic’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier). Ford is defendant-appellant in case no. 56156, challenging various aspects of the award to plaintiff. Weltronic is defendant-appellant in case no. 56220, concurring in Ford’s arguments against plaintiff but raising a separate issue against…