State Of California, Dept. Of Agriculture: Adjusted By Scif Contract Services Irma Zamora WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAIRMA ZAMORA, Applicant,vs.STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Adjusted By SCIF CONTRACT SERVICES., Defendant(s).Case No. ADJ1034035 (LBO 0384143); ADJ2062512 (LBO 0384144) ;ADJ2192154 (LBO 0345603)OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING RECONSIDERATION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION Defendant seeks reconsideration of the Findings. Oder Granting Petition to Reopen and Award, served on August 24. 2010.J wherein the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) granted applicant’s petition to reopen and found, in pertinent pan. that applicant, while employed as an agricultural technician on January)’ 9. 2002. sustained industrial injury to her hack, causing 62 percent permanent disability, “entitling applicant to $170 00 a week for 362.25 weeks for a total of S61.582.50.“ The WCJ found that “Defendant unreasonably delayed payment of compensation, emitting applicant to an additional penalty of 25% upon delayed permanent disability indemnity.” lie found the reasonable value of applicant’s attorney’s services to be $5,500.00. “together with an additional 25% of the penalty on the delayed permanent disability benefit ‘ The WCJ awarded. “A 25% penalty on the species of delayed permanent partial disability-, which includes the i 2° c self-assessed penally, upon the delayed benefit, less 15% of the delayed benefn as attomev fees….” 1 Although defendant’s contem jobs of error penan’. oni> i<> case number ADJ 3192154 . the pennon bsjs three casi numbers in n
