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Carol Powell Dec 13, 2018 a 7:12 pm PST
Another take away is that apportioning to causation of injury and apportioning to causation of permanent disability can be the SAME thing sometimes, just like the court said it was acceptable here.
Brad Wixen Dec 14, 2018 a 6:12 pm PST
Powell hit it exactly. The case does not change existing law. Apportioning to non disabling pathology remains legal. Apportioning to risk factors of injury remains illegal. This case shows that depending on how the issues are framed that sometimes they will be the same analysis.
Marko Vucurevic Dec 13, 2018 a 8:12 pm PST
I know it can become a circular argument, but has the question been considered of how much his previous job activities exacerbated the underlying vascular issue? If we're saying 85% of the blindness was from prior condition, can not the possible argument be made that degree of the underlying vascular condition has been affected by the historical affects of his employment. My guess is that this was not the first time he has had trauma in his job. Because he did not end up losing vision previous does not mean that those incidents didn't worsen the underlying vascular condition which should be taken into consideration when apportioning the disability.
Brad Wixen Dec 14, 2018 a 6:12 pm PST
Ms. Powell got it right. The case did not change the law. Apportioning to non disabling pathology remains legal. Apportioning to risk factors of injury remains illegal. The question is how it is framed. In this case the Court determined that the issues were identical.