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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration and awarded lien claimant Liberty Life Assurance reimbursement for $3,940.85 in short-term disability payments. The WCAB found that the lien claimant provided sufficient notice of its payments to UCLA Medical Center before UCLA paid overlapping temporary disability benefits. Legibility of a reimbursement agreement was deemed irrelevant when the parties stipulated to the payments made. Therefore, UCLA Medical Center was ordered to reimburse Liberty Life Assurance for these benefits under Labor Code section 4903.1.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration and awarded lien claimant Liberty Life Assurance reimbursement for $3,940.85 in short-term disability payments. The WCAB found that the lien claimant provided sufficient notice of its payments to UCLA Medical Center before UCLA paid overlapping temporary disability benefits. Legibility of a reimbursement agreement was deemed irrelevant when the parties stipulated to the payments made. Therefore, UCLA Medical Center was ordered to reimburse Liberty Life Assurance for these benefits under Labor Code section 4903.1.
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