CHRIS JOHNS, DDS; CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION, By Its Servicing Facility, BROADSPIRE, For SUPERIOR NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPAY, In Liquidation; SEAN BARDSLEY, DDS; EVEREST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, DEBORAH BERNARD, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIADEBORAH BERNARD, Applicant,vs.CHRIS JOHNS, DDS; CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION, By Its Servicing Facility, BROADSPIRE, For SUPERIOR NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPAY, In Liquidation; SEAN BARDSLEY, DDS; EVEREST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants.Case Nos. ADJ2145237 (SFO 0446187) ADJ6583808OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING RECONSIDERATION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION Defendants Everest National Insurance Company (Everest) and California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) have each filed separate petitions for reconsideration with regard to a workers’ compensation administrative law judge’s (WCJ) Findings, Award, and Order of September 15, 2009, wherein it was found that, in case ADJ2145237, while employed as a dental assistant by Chris Johns, DDS during a cumulative period ending on January 15, 1999, applicant sustained admitted industrial injury to her spine. In case ADJ6583803, it was found that, while employed as a dental assistant by Sean Bardsley, DDS during a cumulative period ending on December 12, 2003, applicant sustained industrial injury to her spine. Dr. Johns was insured for workers’ compensation claims by Superior National Insurance Company, whereas Dr. Bardsley was insured by Everest. Superior National subsequently went into liquidation, whereupon its California Claims were taken over by CIGA, subject to certain statutory limitations. The WCJ found that the two injuries combined to cause permanent disability of 51% and the need for further medical treatment and that “In both cases, Defendants [CIGA] and [Everest] are jointly and severally liable for the award issued in both cases, with [CIGA] ordered to pay and administer the Award herein,
