Salary Continuation Benefit Paid to Public Safety Officer Counts toward Temporary Disabilities Aggregate, California Court Rules

Is the special salary continuation benefit payable only to public safety officers under California’s workers’ compensation law subject to the 104-week limit on payments for a temporary disability? The California Court of Appeal concluded that it is and has annulled an order directing Alameda County to pay additional benefits to an injured deputy sheriff. County of Alameda v. Workers’ Comp. Appeals Bd., No. A135889 (Cal. Ct. App. Jan. 30, 2013).