09/19/2011
The California Supreme Court denied review to the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's split panel decision to apportion a worker's award in a case that drew comparisons to Minvielle v. WCAB.
Last week the state Supreme Court declined an applicant's petition for review in the case of Robinson
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10/13/2010
noted that the defense had the burden to prove that apportionment was merited but that the workers' compensation judge concluded that the defense failed to satisfy the burden of proof.
The WCAB's panel decision in Minvielle v. County of Contra Costa appears to support Marcus' view on the rating
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08/02/2011
Commissioners Deidra Lowe Frank Brass and Alfonso Moresi opted not to apportion Michael Garvey's award after concluding that the defense did not satisfy its burden to prove apportionment. The commissioners cited the 2010 panel decision of Minvielle v. Contra Costa County Fire Protection District which had
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09/29/2010
Minvielle. The employer petitioned the high court to review the case.
The employer the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District is challenging a Jan. 4 panel decision declining to apportion a firefighter's 31 permanent disability award by 27.5. The county based its argument upon the fact that the
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08/11/2010
A defendant employer filed a petition asking the California Supreme Court to revisit a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board panel decision that declined to apportion a firefighter's 31 permanent disability award.
The employer is challenging the WCAB's Jan. 4 panel decision in Minvielle v. County
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10/15/2010
cases on Thursday including Contra Costa County Fire Protection District v. WCAB Minvielle. In Minvielle the WCAB denied Contra Costa County's request to apportion a firefighter's 31 permanent disability award which was issued under the 2005 rating schedule.
The commissioners denied
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09/01/2016
industrial injury to her
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back and right leg which resulted in an April 30 1990 stipulated award of 13 permanent disability.
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Applicant contends that the WCJ erred in apportioning to the prior award of permanent disability
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pursuant to Labor Code section 4664 and Minvielle v. Workers' Comp
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01/01/2010
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COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Case No. ADJ277378 OAK 0321116 5
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RANDALL MINVIELLE
Applicant
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COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA CONTRA 9' 10 COSTA FIRE legally uninsured
OPINION AND ORDER DENYING RECONSIDERATION
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-denied case of Contra Costa Fire Protection District v. WCAB Minvielle a 2010 case in which the agreed medical evaluator opined that there was no apportioning current PD to a prior award because the instant PD was based on the AMA Guides and the 2005 rating schedule and
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08/01/2010
bane opinions establishing how to prove overlap in such a case. We are assisted in addressing this question
however by the decision in Contra Costa Fire Protection District v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. Minvielle 2010 75 Cal.Comp.Cases __ 2010 Cal. Wrk. Comp. LEXIS 144 writ denied.
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