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Permanent total disabilityDefendant prevailedhands · wrists · psyche · lumbar spine · cervical spine · knees · right shoulder · gastrointestinal system
The WCJ found permanent partial disability but not permanent total disability; the WCAB approved a compromise and release settlement instead of granting permanent total disability.
From the decision · page 1I. applicant, petitioned for reconsideration of the Findings and Award issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) in this matter on April 16, 2021. In that decision, the WCJ found that applicant sustained injury to his hands, wrists, psyche, lumbar spine, cervical spine, knees, right shoulder and gastrointestinal system arising out of and in the course of his employment as a painter during a period ending January 25, 2011, by defendant, LA Custom Finish, resulting in temporary disability from February 11, 2011, through February 8, 2013, permanent partial disability of 97% and need of further medical treatment. Applicant contends in his petition for reconsideration that the WCJ erred in not finding that the injury caused permanent total disability. Defendant Imperium, which insured the employer for workers' compensation liability at the time of the injury, filed an answer contending that the petition for reconsideration should be dismissed or denied. The WCJ issued a report in which he recommended that the petition for reconsideration be denied.
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