Jones v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board

MOSK. J.

We granted petitioner Leander Leroy Jones’ application for a writ of review to consider his contention that, in overturning the referee’s award in his favor, the Workmen’s Compensation Appeals Board (hereinafter called W.C.A.B.) acted without substantial evidence in the record to support its determination. We hold that no probative evidence supports the W.C.A.B.’s decision, and it must therefore be annulled.

In 1961 petitioner, a garbage collector, sustained a severe back injury in the process of lifting a 50-gallon trash barrel. In its initial decision, issued upon reconsideration on…