Legal Opinion
Foster v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 17, 2008No. C056820PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CANTIL-SAKAUYE, J.
In this case we consider the appropriate application of Labor Code section 4656, subdivision (c)(1) (hereafter section 4656(c)(1)), 1 which limits payment of workers’ compensation temporary disability benefits for a single injury to 104 compensable weeks within a two-year period, to situations where multiple independent industrial injuries result in temporary disability.
Donald Foster was injured at work in two separate incidents in February and April 2005. Both injuries contributed to Foster’s temporary disability. A workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) concluded Foster…
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