Kathy Ward vs. City Of Desert Hot Springs Permissibly Self-insured And Administered By Hazelrigg Risk Management Services

.opnIn this case, the City of Desert Hot Springs was self-insured and administered by Hazelrigg Risk Management Services. The applicant, Kathy Ward, claimed to have sustained cumulative psychiatric and internal injury while employed as a development services manager by the City of Desert Hot Springs. The defendant sought to compel the applicant to be examined by a doctor, but the applicant refused, asserting that the examination was impermissible pursuant to sections 4060 and 4062.2. The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board held that for claimed industrial injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2005, in which the employee is represented by an attorney, medical disputes regarding the compensability of the alleged industrial injury must be resolved solely by the procedure provided in section 4062.2

City of Desert Hot Springs permissibly self-insured and administered by Hazelrigg Risk Management Services Kathy Ward WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAKATHY WARD, Applicant,vs.CITY OF DESERT HOT SPRINGS; permissibly self-insured and administered byHAZELRIGG RISK MANAGEMENT SERVICES, Defendant.Case No. RIV 0069499OPINION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION AND ORDER DENYING REMOVAL            On July 31, 2006, we granted defendant’s petition for reconsideration or, in the alternative, petition for removal of the Findings and Order of May 5, 2006, wherein the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) found, in relevant part: (1) that applicant claims to have sustained industrial injury to her psyche and in the form of various internal conditions from June 8, 2000, through June 8, 2005, while employed by defendant as a development services manager; and (2) that medical reports regarding the compensability of applicant’s psychiatric and internal injury

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