KOOS FASHION dba CDK FASHION; STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND LUIS CARDOZO (MASTER FILE) WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIALUIS CARDOZO (MASTER FILE), Applicant,vs.KOOS FASHION dba CDK FASHION; STATE COMPENSATIONINSURANCE FUND, Defendants.BEVERLY HILLS CENTER FOR ARTHROSCOPICAND OUTPATIENT SURGERY, Lien Claimant.Case No. ADJ1702197 (VNO 0445479)OPINION AND ORDERS DENYING PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION; DISMISSINGPETITION FOR REMOVAL; AND DENYING PETITION FOR DISQUALIFICATION In three separate petitions, lien claimant, Beverly Hills Center for Arthroscopic and Outpatient Surgery (BHCAOS), seeks reconsideration, removal, and disqualification of the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) following the issuance of the Order Approving Global Settlement of Any and All Dates of Service Through December 31, 2003, issued July 12, 2012. In that Order, the WCJ noted that lien claimant settled “all WCAB liens related in any way to any date of service through December 31, 2003” in exchange for payment of $325,000.00 payable by defendants in the consolidated matter of Luis Cardozo (Master File) ADJ1702197 (Settlement Agreement and Release of Claims II Terms of Settlement, p. 1). The WCJ’s Order noted that defendant, State Compensation Insurance Fund, and lien claimant settled all contested claims through December 31, 2003. In the Report and Recommendation on Petitions for Removal and Reconsideration (Report), the WCJ noted at page 2: “The parties appeared before the undersigned WCJ for lien trial on July 11, 2012. At the lien trial, Theodore Durden from Durden & Associates represented the interests of [Beverly Hills Center for Arthroscopic and Outpatient Surgery]. Dr. Hekmat, Dr. Durden’s contact for settlement authority, also attended the lien trial. The parties attempted to enter into a , global settlement of the disputed liens but negotiations became strained primarily due to Dr. Hekmat being unhappy with the a
Menu
