DuFour v. WCAB (City of Modesto)
A surviving spouse petitions this court for a writ of review (Lab. Code, 5950; Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.494) alleging the Workers Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) failed to adopt a statutory presumption of compensability that a blood borne infectious disease caused the death of her police officer husband. Given the lack of supportive medical evidence that her husband was in fact infected with such a disease, Court must agree with the WCAB that the presumption does not apply.
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