New Period of Cumulative Trauma Resulted in 100 Percent Permanent Disability: Cal. Comp. Cases February Advanced Postings (1/27/2015)

Here’s the first batch of advanced postings for February 2015 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases.

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Travelers Indemnity Company, insurer for Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, PSI, Diane Davis, Respondents, Lexis

Cumulative Injury—Date of Injury—WCAB held that applicant janitor/mopper-waxer suffered new period of cumulative injury to her wrists, psyche, and in forms of cognitive disorder, chronic pain syndrome, and neuropathic pain syndrome, resulting in 100 percent permanent disability, with date of injury on 8/17/2000, based on opinion of agreed medical evaluator, Roger Sohn, M.D., when WCAB found that…

Florise Newton Chow, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, State of California/Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, legally uninsured, State Compensation Insurance Fund, adjusting agency, Respondents,  Lexis 

Petition for Writ of Review—Time to File—Court of Appeal denied petition for writ of review that was not timely filed, when pro per applicant was appealing WCAB decision finding no claimed industrial injury from spider bite to right foot…