ALL TUNE & LUBE; ERIE INSURANCE COMPANY, adjusted by, CRAWFORD & ; COMPANY, CHRIS DERBOGHOSSIAN, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIACHRIS DERBOGHOSSIAN, Applicant,vs.ALL TUNE & LUBE; ERIE INSURANCE COMPANY, adjusted by, CRAWFORD & COMPANY, AND DECISION AFTER Defendant(s).Case No. ADJ3107843 (MON 0208626)OPINION AND ORDER DISMISSING DISQUALIFICATION OF WCJ AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION;OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING REMOVAL AND DECISION AFTER REMOVAL; AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION We previously granted defendant’s petition for reconsideration of the February 26, 2009 Findings, Award and Order of the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) who found that applicant was entitled to reimbursement of reasonable medical treatment expenses, reimbursement of transportation expense for the period March 1, 2007 to June 30, 2007 in the amount of $36,353.25 plus interest and a penalty of $9,118.30 pursuant to Labor Code section 5814 for unreasonable delay in providing payment of the transportation amounts billed, plus $180.47 for the period of April 6, 2007 to May 22, 2007 and a 25% penalty.’ The WCJ further found that applicant’s attorney is entitled to attorney’s fees for attending the deposition of applicant’s wife, plus interest and penalties. As part of his February 26, 2009 decision, the WCJ vacated proceedings on a contempt issue he earlier raised “pending the outcome of defendant’s petition for removal.” Defendant separately petitioned for reconsideration of or removal following the WCJ’s issuance of a January 30, 2009 order alleging that defendant’s attorney and its adjuster, Charlotte 1Further statutory references are to the Labor Code. , Briones, are in contempt of court based upon the adjustor’s testimony at trial that she did not pay applicant’s claim for transportation expenses pursuant to an earlier Findings and Award herein because she was told by defendant’s attorney not to do so. In additi
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