Myers v. Workmen's Comp. App. Bd

In Myers v. Workmen's Comp. App. Bd. (1969) 2 Cal.App.3d 621, the court had before it the provision of section 5800 of the code, making interest on an award run from "the date of making and filing of an award." The court held that, under that provision, interest had run from the date of the referee's award and not from the later action of the Board which (in effect) adopted the award so made. That decision was based, in large part, on policy grounds, namely that an employer ought not, by filing for reconsideration, be able to retain, interest free, money found properly due to the injured employee.