WILLIAM HILDEBRAND vs. DASSEL'S PETROLEUM, INC., SEDGWICK CLAIMS, CLARENDON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY

This case involves multiple workers' compensation claims for back, neck, and knee injuries sustained by the applicant. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) considered Clarendon's contention that prior findings regarding temporary disability were res judicata and could not be modified. The WCAB denied this, finding that the prior award was clarified, not changed, and that the attorney's fee adjustment applied only to new temporary disability. Finally, the WCAB amended the award to allow Clarendon to deduct the Employment Development Department's lien from the applicant's permanent disability award if necessary.