PEGGY A. RICO vs. AQUARIA, INC., CHUBB GROUP OF INSURANCE COMPANIES, CIGA, For RELIANCE INSURANCE, In Liquidation

The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to determine if applicant Peggy Rico sustained separate cumulative trauma injuries. The WCAB found that the applicant's return to work with a different insurer, involving distinct injurious exposures and new medical symptoms, constituted a separate industrial injury from her earlier cumulative trauma. Consequently, the case was remanded for a new determination of liability for benefits based on these separate injuries.