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 facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Favours Defendant prevailed
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Lab. Code, 4453(a)(7)
The parties stipulated to an average weekly wage exceeding the cap, so the statutory cap applies.
Lab. Code, 4659(b)
An applicant who sustains a permanent total disability is entitled to permanent disability indemnity payments at the temporary total disability rate for life.
The statutory rate applies for permanent total disability indemnity payments.