VSC Sports; Casualty Reciprocal Exchange, In Liquidation, Administered By California Insurance Guarantee Association Elizabeth Reierstad WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAELIZABETH REIERSTAD, Applicant,vs.VSC SPORTS; CASUALTY RECIPROCAL EXCHANGE, In Liquidation, Administered By CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION, Defendants.Case No. ADJ162531 (SFO 0487527)OPINION AND ORDERS DENYING DEFENDANT’S PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION,GRANTING APPLICANT’S PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION ANDDECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION Defendant, VSC Sports and California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) (hereinafter “defendant”), seeks reconsideration of the Findings and Award issued by the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on February 18, 2010, wherein the WCJ found that applicant, while employed as a skating instructor on March 1, 2003, sustained industrial injury to her left ankle and to her right foot and toe, causing 100% permanent disability, and a need for further medical treatment. The WCJ also found applicant’s earning capacity at the time of her injury was $999.48 per week, equating to permanent disability benefits payable at the rate of $666.32 per week, plus annual cost of living increases for life, to be calculated beginning on January 1, 2004. The WCJ further found that applicant is entitled to an adjustment in her temporary disability indemnity (TDI) rate from $126.00 per week to $666.32 per week. The WCJ found applicant’s attorney earned a fee of 15%, which is not to be commuted from the far end of the award at the request of applicant’s attorney, Michelle Brodie, Esq. Applicant and applicant’s attorney (hereinafter “petitioners”), seek reconsideration of the Order issued by the WCJ on March 3, 2010, wherein the WCJ ordered that an attorney’s fee of , 7 ½% of all temporary disability and permanent disability benefits is to be commuted from the award and made payable to applicant’s prior attorney and lien
