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This case involves a deceased food service worker, Gilroy Smith, whose dependents, Iliana Smith et al., sought workers' compensation benefits. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration of a prior award after the employer, Rio Linda Unified School District, and the applicants filed petitions. The WCAB ultimately affirmed the original award, which found the admitted industrial injury caused 39% permanent disability and death due to an aggravation of hepatitis C. The employer's contention that the injury did not cause death was rejected, and the applicants' claim for temporary disability was also affirmed implicitly.
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This case involves a deceased food service worker, Gilroy Smith, whose dependents, Iliana Smith et al., sought workers' compensation benefits. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration of a prior award after the employer, Rio Linda Unified School District, and the applicants filed petitions. The WCAB ultimately affirmed the original award, which found the admitted industrial injury caused 39% permanent disability and death due to an aggravation of hepatitis C. The employer's contention that the injury did not cause death was rejected, and the applicants' claim for temporary disability was also affirmed implicitly.
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