Wiley v. WCAB
Alvin Wiley petitions for a writ of review to inquire into and determine the lawfulness of the decision of the Workers Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB). (Lab. Code,[1] 5950, 5952; Cal. Rules of Court, rule 8.494.) Wiley contends the WCAB erred in concluding a two-year limit on workers compensation temporary disability (TD) benefits enacted as part of the 2004 workers compensation reforms (Sen. Bill No. 899 (2003-2004 Reg. Sess.); Stats. 2004, ch. 34, 29) runs consecutively to a year of enhanced industrial disability leave (IDL) payable to temporarily disabled state employees. Following our recent decision in Brooks v. Workers Compensation Appeals Board (2008) 161 Cal.App.4th 1522 [75 Cal.Rptr.3d 277] (Brooks), Court conclude the WCAB appropriately limited Wiley to a combined total of two-years of enhanced IDL and TD benefits.
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