Norton

Norton v. WORKERS'COMP. APPEALS BD.

Good Law

111 Cal. App. 3d 618·169 Cal. Rptr. 33

Court of Appeal of CaliforniaOctober 31, 198059293California3,870 words

Opinion

COBEY, Acting P.J.

Petitioner Robert B. Norton (hereinafter also applicant) contends that respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (Board) should have issued a combined permanent disability rating for all of his industrial injuries rather than issuing, as the Board did, two separate permanent disability awards. We agree with petitioner. Accordingly, we annul the Board's decision and remand the matter to the Board for further proceedings as directed herein.

Norton was employed by respondent County of Santa Barbara (County) as a deputy sheriff from July 22, 1968, through November 9, 1977. In the proceedings under review, Norton was found to have sustained five separate industrial injuries while employed by County: a specific back injury [1] on July 26, 1971; a specific back injury on May 20, 1975; a specific back injury on November 3, 1977; a cumulative back injury ( ante, fn. 1) during Norton's entire period of employment for County; and, a cumulative injury to the esophagus and stomach during Norton's employment from 1974 to November 1977. [2]

The workers' compensation judge initially issued a single set of permanent disability rating instructions with the…

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