Guadalupe Serrano vs. GM Corporation: Self-Insurance Explained

This case involves five workers' compensation claims filed by Guadalupe Serrano against General Motors Corporation. Serrano was employed by General Motors from May 31, 1988 to June 1998 as a motor vehicle assembly line worker and sewing machine operator. She sustained industrial injuries to her right knee, spine, upper and lower extremities, right hip, right leg, low back, right arm, and secondary fibromyalgia. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted Serrano's petition for reconsideration, dismissed General Motors' petition for reconsideration, and found that Serrano was 100% permanently disabled due to the effects of her fibromyalgia.

General Motors Corporation, Permissibly Self-Insured Guadalupe Serrano WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAGUADALUPE SERRANO, Applicant, vs.GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION,Permissibly Self-Insured, Defendant.Case Nos. ADJ3555873 (VNO 0209621) MFADJ3421265 (VNO 0209618)ADJ1755525 (VNO 0209619)ADJ2880824 (VNO 0209620)ADJ138082 (VNO 0483457)OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING APPLICANT’S PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION, DISMISSING DEFENDANT’S PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION, AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION            Applicant seeks reconsideration of the October 31, 2012 Joint Findings And Award of the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) who found that applicant incurred industrial injury to her right knee, spine, upper and lower extremities and secondary fibromyalgia while employed by General Motors Corporation during the period from May 31, 1988 to June 1998 as a motor vehicle assembly line worker and sewing machine operator (ADJ3555873; VNO 209621), and incurred industrial injury to her right hip, right leg, low back and secondary fibromyalgia while in that same employ on February 7, 1997 (ADJ138082; VNO 483457), and incurred industrial injury to her upper extremities, back, spine, right knee and secondary fibromyalgia while in that same employ on June 22, 1989 (ADJ3421265; VNO 209618), and incurred industrial injury to her right arm and secondary fibromyalgia while in that same employ on February 2, 1989 (ADJ2880824; VNO 209620), and incurred industrial injury to her spine, upper extremities and secondary fibromyalgia while in that same employ on October 4, 1998 (ADJ1755525; VNO 209619). In addition to a need for future medical treatment, the WCJ further found that the “injuries caused combined permanent disability of 95%, after apportionment” pursuant to Labor Code section 4664(c) of an earlier December 8, 1994 stipulated award of 5.25% , permanent disability for a February 12, 1992 industrial injury to applicant’s left thumb (VNO 301826)

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