Helen Mctigue vs. American Medical Response; Insurance Company Of The State Of Pennsylvania, Adjusted By Sedgwvick Claims Management Services,

, This case is about Helen McTigue, who worked as a data entry/medical biller for American Medical Response. She experienced pain in her neck and right upper extremity in February 2005 and was placed on light duty with her hours reduced from 60 to 40 per week and a change in her work duties. She was paid partial temporary disability indemnity for the period February 17, 2005 through May 18, 2005 and the period July 2, 2005 through July 15, 2005. In December 2005, she developed pain in her left upper extremity and was taken off work on or about January 10, 2006. Temporary total disability benefits were paid from January 11, 2006 through February 10, 2006. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board found that McTigue

AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE; INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, adjusted by SEDGWVICK CLAIMS MANAGEMENT SERVICES, HELEN McTIGUE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAHELEN McTIGUE, Applicant,vs.AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE; INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, adjusted by SEDGWVICK CLAIMS MANAGEMENT SERVICES, Defendant.Case Nos. ADJ3360434 (STK 0204093)ADJ3055790 (STK 0204094)OPINION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION            We previously granted defendant’s petition for reconsideration of the February 11, 2009 Joint Findings & Order of the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) who found that applicant incurred two cumulative trauma injuries entitling her to receive temporary disability indemnity benefits for two 104 compensable weeks periods pursuant to Labor Code section 4656(c)(1).1 The two industrial injuries were found as follows: 1) during a cumulative trauma period to February 7, 2005 (STK 0204094), with temporary disability first paid on April 5, 2005, and 2) during a second cumulative trauma period ending January 1, 2006 (STK 0204093), with temporary disability first paid on October 29, 2007.2 1Further statutory references are to the Labor Code. The caption on our order granting reconsideration, as on defendant’s petition for reconsideration, identified defendant American Medical Response as self-insured. However, in a March 11, 2009 letter to the WCJ, defendant’s attorney writes that the petition for reconsideration caption is in error and that the employer is, in fact, insured by the Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, administered by Sedgwick Claims Management Services. The caption on this decision is corrected pursuant to the advisement in defendant’s letter.2The February 11, 2008 findings of the WCJ state that applicant in STK 204093 “sustained a cumulative trauma to February 7, 2005” with “October 29, 2007” as the first date of temporary disability “for purposes of Labor Code §4656,” an

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