May 2013

This case involves a petition for reconsideration filed by Enrique De La Torre against Nestle USA, Inc. and Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the petition as not taken from a final order and returned the matter to the trial level for further proceedings, including dismissal of the subject lien and issuance of a Notice of Intent to impose sanctions on the petitioner.

: In this case, the State of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation/CA State Prisons/Los Angeles County was found to be legally uninsured and adjusted by the State Compensation Insurance Fund/State Contract Services. The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board denied reconsideration in ADJ4323884 and granted reconsideration and decision after reconsideration in ADJ3206055, reinstating and affirming the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s June 12, 2012 decision in that case.

In this case, Lawrence Reichelt filed a petition for reconsideration or alternatively a petition for removal from an interim order of the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) issued at a hearing on March 18, 2013, in which applicant was ordered to attend a medical examination with a regular physician selected by the WCJ pursuant to Labor Code section 5701. The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board denied the petition for reconsideration and dismissed the petition for removal, and issued a Notice of Intention to impose a sanction against applicant in the sum of up to $250.00.