Guildcraft Furniture Manufacturing Company; American Casualty Angel Acosta WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAANGEL ACOSTA, Applicant,vs.GUILDCRAFT FURNITURE MANUFACTURING COMPANY; AMERICAN CASUALTY, Defendants.Case Nos. ADJ1781281 (MON 0350482) ADJ4191242 (MON 0350483)OPINION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION We previously granted the Petition for Reconsideration filed by lien claimant E&M Interpreting, to further study the factual and legal issues in this case. This is our Opinion and Decision After Reconsideration. Lien claimant, through its representative Diego Plasencia, sought reconsideration of the Joint Findings and Order issued by the workers compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on September 27, 2010, wherein the WCJ disallowed lien claimant’s lien in the sum of $25,573.00 for interpreting services. In the underlying case, an order approving compromise and release issued on November 10, 2009, resolving applicant’s claims that, while employed as a quality control inspector on April 17, 2007 (ADJ1781281), he sustained industrial injury to his bilateral shoulders, right knee, and cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine; and from August 10, 1994 to May 17, 2007 (ADJ4191242), he sustained industrial injury to his bilateral shoulders, neck, and cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine; bilateral knees, feet, and legs; and in the form of sexual dysfunction. Lien claimant contended that the WCJ erred in disallowing its lien, arguing that the interpreting services it provided for applicant’s medical treatment appointments were necessary for effective communication between applicant and his physician. Lien claimant argued that its interpreters were qualified, arguing in essence that there is no requirement that interpreters be certified in order to be qualified to interpret in workers’ compensation cases. , We have considered the petition for reconsideration and we have reviewed the record in this matter. Defenda
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