Lucille Pantlik vs. Togo’s Eatery, And Alistar, In Liquidation, By And Through The California Insurance Guarantee Association (administered By Broadspire)

This case is about Lucille Pantlik, an employee of Togo's Eatery, who was robbed at gunpoint in 1997. Her primary treating physician, Glenn Hakanson, M.D., found her condition to be permanent and stationary and that she was capable of returning to work at a different location from the one where she was robbed. The California Insurance Guarantee Association (administered by Broadspire) filed an Application for Adjudication of Claim and petitioned to compel Lucille to participate in a Qualified Medical Evaluation process. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board dismissed Glenn Hakanson's petition for reconsideration as he was neither a party, lien claimant or person with standing to bring a petition for reconsideration pursuant to Labor Code section

Togo’s Eatery, and Alistar, In Liquidation, by and Through The California Insurance Guarantee Association (Administered By Broadspire) Lucille Pantlik WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIALUCILLE PANTLIK, Applicant,vs.    TOGO’S EATERY, and ALISTAR, in liquidation, by and through the CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION (administered by BROADSPIRE), Defendant(s).Case No. EUR 35797OPINION AND ORDERDISMISSING PETITION FORRECONSIDERATION            Glenn Hakanson, M.D., neither a party nor a lien claimant, seeks reconsideration of the Order of Dismissal issued September 4, 2007 wherein the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) dismissed applicant’s case without prejudice.            In a petition filed November 19, 2007, Dr. Hakanson identifies himself as applicant’s “primary treating physician of record in this accepted claim” and implied that applicant’s case had been improperly dismissed. However, petitioner’s only specific contention was that “written notification of the September 4, 2007 decision was not sent to me or my patient, Lucille Pantlik.”            Defendant filed an answer which included attached documents, in violation of California Code of Regulations, title 8, section 10842, that had been previously made part of the legal file. Those documents have been detached from the file and discarded. Defendant is admonished that future violations of rule 10842 may result in appropriate sanctions.            Based upon our review of the record, and for the reasons set forth herein, we will dismiss Dr. Hakanson’s petition because he is neither a party, lien claimant or person with standing to bring a petition for reconsideration pursuant to Labor Code section 5900.            In the underlying matter, applicant was employed in a Togo’s Restaurant in 1997 which was robbed at gunpoint. In a psychiatric consultation report dated September 15, 1999, Daniel , Bleman, M.D., found applicant’s condition to be permanent and statio

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