Legal Question in Workers Comp in California

If the surgery was to 'cure or relieve the effects of an industrial injury" and the treating physician wrote a report stating you are Temporarily Totally Disabled as a result of this surgery, then Yes, the former employer's Workers Comp Insurance carrier owes you Temporary Total Disability Indemnity checks beginning the date the Primary Physician wrote you were temporarily disabled for any work. [If the surgery was unrelated to the industrial injury, then you apply for State Disability Insurance from the Employment Development Dept at www.edd.ca.gov}