Christian Grez, vs. Chino Hills Land West Llc; Zurich Los Angeles,

(AHM 0144861) is a case in which the defendant, Chino Hills Land West LLC, and lien claimant, Rosario's Interpreting, Inc., both sought reconsideration of a workers' compensation administrative law judge's (WCJ) Findings and Order of September 30, 2009. The WCJ found that the applicant, Christian Grez, sustained an admitted industrial injury in the form of a hernia while employed as a greens keeper on February 5, 2007, and that the State of California, Employment Development Department (EDD) was entitled to repayment of its lien in the amount of $13,884. The WCJ also found that the lien claim of Rosario's Interpreting, Inc

CHINO HILLS LAND WEST LLC; ZURICH LOS ANGELES, CHRISTIAN GREZ, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIACHRISTIAN GREZ, Applicant,vs.CHINO HILLS LAND WEST LLC; LOS ANGELES, Defendant.Case No. ADJ2119135 (AHM 0144861) OPINION AND ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION, GRANTING LIEN CLAIMANT’S PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION, AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION            Defendant and lien claimant Rosario’s Interpreting, Inc. each seek reconsideration of a workers’ compensation administrative law judge’s (WCJ) Findings and Order of September 30, 2009, wherein it was found that, while employed as a greens keeper on February 5, 2007, applicant sustained admitted industrial injury in the form of a hernia, and that the State of California, Employment Development Department (EDD) was entitled to repayment of its lien in the amount of $13,884. The WCJ further made a finding that “The court must assume the interpreters were used at medical appointments and since they cannot be determined to be reasonable and necessary then the interpreting service cannot be determined to be reasonable and necessary.” The WCJ ordered that “Defendant shall pay the [EDD] the sum of $13,884 plus interest at the legal rate. All other lien claimants take nothing further from defendant.” Previously in this case, in a Compromise and Release agreement approved on April 14, 2009, applicant settled his claim in exchange for $12,000. In the Compromise and Release, the defendant agreed to “adjust, negotiate, or litigate all lien claimants [sic] of record.”            Defendant contends in its petition that the WCJ ened in ordering payment of the EDD lien. Lien claimant contends that the WCJ en-ed in disallowing its lien. We have not received answers to either petition and the WCJ has filed a Report and Recommendation on Petition for Reconsideration (Report). ,       In the Report, the WCJ wrote as follows with regard to lien claimant’s petition:      “This Petition can be

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