BRODIE v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD 02:26:2007
BRODIE v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD
Filed 8/30/06
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION THREE
STAN BRODIE,
Petitioner,
v.
WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT et al.,
Respondents.
A112003
(WCAB Nos. WCK 059913
WCK 068583
OAK 298772
INTRODUCTION
California's Workers' Compensation law was extensively amended in 2004 by urgency statute that took immediate effect and was intended to address a â€
Description
When calculating a permanent disability award under workers' compensation law for an employee with a preexisting permanent disability, court should not apply a credit for or subtract amount of a previous permanent disability award but rather account for prior permanent disability by converting overall percentage of current disability into its monetary equivalent and then subtracting current dollar value of percentage of preexisting disability.
