is a case in which the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board upheld a $2,500 sanction against lien claimant’s representative, Rafael Alvarez, CMS Network Inc. and Point Loma Elite Surgical Center, jointly and severally, for attaching documents to the petition in violation of California Code of Regulations, title 8, section 10842(c). The Board found that the lien claimant had failed to comply with a statutory or regulatory obligation and issued a Notice of Intention to Impose Sanctions in the amount of $250.00.
Pepsi Bottling Group; Old Republic Insurance Company Lawrence Berg WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIALAWRENCE BERG, Applicant,vs.PEPSI BOTTLING GROUP; OLD REPUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENTIONINSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants,Case No. ADJ1528830 (AHM 0103528)OPINION AND ORDERS DENYING PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION AND TO ISSUE SANCTIONS(LABOR CODE § 5813) Lien claimant, Point Loma Elite Surgical Center, seeks reconsideration of the Findings Award and Orders issued October 12, 2011, wherein the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) found that applicant sustained a compensable industrial injury to his back, neck, lower extremity, and psyche on July 29, 2002, while employed as a driver. The WCJ also ordered that defendant pay Point Loma Elite Surgical Center $4,139.58, minus $3,926.06 credited for previous payment by defendant, leaving a balance of $213.52. Point Loma Elite Surgical Center was also awarded interest on the $213.52balance “plus a penalty of
