When disability, need for medical treatment, or death results from the combined effects of two or more injuries, either specific, cumulative, or both, all questions of fact and law shall be separately determined with respect to each such injury, including, but not limited to, the apportionment between such injuries of liability for disability benefits, the cost of medical treatment, and any death benefit.
Cal. Lab. Code § 3208.2
General Provisions
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case California Insurance Guarantee Ass'n v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (2007)
Most recently applied in 181 Cal. App. 4th 752 - Fireman's Fund Insurance v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (January 2010)
Added by Stats. 1968, 1st Ex
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