July 2014

is a case involving Alejandro Noriega, an employee of The Cheesecake Factory, who sustained an admitted low back injury while working on September 6, 2013. Noriega filed a Petition for Reconsideration from the decision following an Expedited Hearing, wherein it was found that the employer was not liable for chiropractic care he had procured on his own, outside the employer’s Medical Provider Network. The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board denied the Petition for Reconsideration, finding that the employer had provided timely and effective notices regarding the Medical Provider Network, and that there was no delay or refusal of treatment.

; ADJ9286927. In this case, Maria Madrid, an employee of SF Apparel Inc., filed an application for adjudication of claim for industrial injuries to her knee and back from January 1, 1996 to January 3, 2014. Cypress Insurance Company, c/o Brookshire Hathaway Homestate Companies, denied the injuries on February 11, 2014. On June 11, 2014, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board granted the Petition for Removal filed by Cypress Insurance Company, rescinding the order dated June 11, 2014 and vacating the trial date of August 5, 2014. The Board found that there was no substantial medical evidence upon which awards could be based and that the parties had not filed a pretrial conference statement as required