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This case involves a dispute over reimbursement between the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) and American Casualty Company (American). CIGA, having paid benefits for an applicant's cumulative trauma injury, sought reimbursement from American, the solvent insurer during a portion of that injury period. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board affirmed an award of $29,988.31 to CIGA, finding that American's delay in assuming responsibility and existing case law required American to cover CIGA's interim payments, despite American's res judicata arguments.
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This case involves a dispute over reimbursement between the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) and American Casualty Company (American). CIGA, having paid benefits for an applicant's cumulative trauma injury, sought reimbursement from American, the solvent insurer during a portion of that injury period. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board affirmed an award of $29,988.31 to CIGA, finding that American's delay in assuming responsibility and existing case law required American to cover CIGA's interim payments, despite American's res judicata arguments.
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