EMCO; STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND; SEABRIGHT INSURANCE CO.; and CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCATION, on behalf of SUPERIOR NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., in liquidation, IRIS VENTURA, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAIRIS VENTURA, Applicant,vs.EMCO; STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND; SEABRIGHT INSURANCE CO.; and CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCATION, on behalf of SUPERIOR NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., in liquidation, Defendants.Case No. ADJ1788291 (VNO 0458582)ADJ2269101 (VNO 0560067)OPINION AND ORDER DENYING RECONSIDERATION AND REMOVAL Defendant, State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF), seeks reconsideration of, and removal from, the Amended Findings and Order Re Reimbursement of October 21, 2009, wherein the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) found that SCIF, the employer’s insurer for the periods from February 23, 1998, through February 23, 2000, and from February 23, 2001, through February 23, 2002, must reimburse co-defendant California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA), the entity liable for the “covered claims” of now-insolvent Superior National Insurance Company (Superior), $86,989.35 towards the benefits, including temporary and permanent disability indemnity, medical treatment, vocational rehabilitation, medical-legal costs, and bill review and medical management expenses, CIGA paid for the admitted industrial injuries that applicant sustained to her neck, upper extremities, and shoulders while employed by EMCO as a packer during the periods from October 1998 through July 17, 2000, and from January 2001 through October 17, 2001. The WCJ also ordered co-defendant Seabright Insurance Company (Seabright), the employer’s insurer from October 27, 2000, through February 23, 2001, to reimburse CIGA $18,117.51. , SCIF contends that the WCJ erred in ordering it to reimburse CIGA the nearly-$87,000, arguing that this was an issue of contribution that was subject to mandatory arbitration, that “apportionment of l
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