Rodriguez v. General Motors Corp.

Plaintiff filed a petition for workers’ compensation benefits on April 3, 1981. In a decision mailed May 24, 1984, a hearing referee found plaintiff to be totally disabled as a result of a work-related injury and entered an open award of benefits. Defendant appealed, and, in a decision and order dated July 27, 1990, the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board affirmed.

Defepdant applied for leave to appeal, arguing that the wcab erred in awarding benefits for an open period where competent evidence on the record supported, at most, an award for a closed period. The application was denied. However,…