What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted; original Findings and Award rescinded; new Findings and Award substituted finding cumulative injury and joint and several liability of City of Anaheim and City of Downey for the period December 21, 2016 through December 21, 2017; temporary disability benefits awarded under Labor Code section 4850 and section 3212.1 presumption applied; contribution issues deferred
Petition for Reconsideration granted, original Findings and Award rescinded, new Findings and Award substituted
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
The Board accepted the AME Dr. Drazin's opinion on latency and causation, finding the cancer was industrial and jointly caused by exposures during employment with both Downey and Anaheim, with liability jointly and severally imposed for the period December 21, 2016 through December 21, 2017.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Dr. Drazin's opinion on latency and causation based on the 9/11 latency study and oncology expertise
Favours Applicant prevailed