California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Star Ins. Co. v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., H042244 (Cal. App. 2016):
" '[A]n employee may not be denied compensation merely because his physical condition was such that he sustained a disability which a person of stronger constitution or in better health would not have suffered.' [Citations.]" (South Coast Framing, supra, 61 Cal.4t at p. 300.) " 'A person suffering from a preexisting disease who is disabled by an injury proximately arising out of the employment is entitled to compensation even though a normal man would not have been adversely affected by the event.' [Citations.]" (Lamb v. Workmen's Comp. Appeals Bd., supra, 11 Cal.3d at p. 282 (Lamb).)
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