Los Angeles Unified School District, Permissibly Self-Insured Maria Olvera WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAMARIA OLVERA, Applicant,vs.LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Permissibly Self-Insured, Defendant.Case No. ADJ7730252(Van Nuys District Office)OPINION AND DECISION AFTER REMAND On November 6, 2015, the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, issued its decision annulling the Appeals Board’s July 22, 2015 Opinion and Decision After Reconsideration; Findings and Orders Re: Sanctions and Costs and remanding this matter for further proceedings consistent with its decision. Previously in this matter, the Workers’ Compensation Administrative Law Judge (WCJ) issued a June 18, 2014 Notice of Intention to Issue Sanctions (NIT) providing Peter T. Brown & Associates (B&A), Peter T. Brown, Esq., and hearing representative Shapoor Ashorzadeh (petitioners) with notice of the intent to issue sanctions and costs for the conduct therein described. Petitioners filed timely objections on July 8, 2014 and the WCJ issued a September 15, 2014 Findings and Order Re: Sanctions and Costs. Therein, the WCJ ordered that (1) B&A, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Ashorzadeh, jointly and severally, pay a sanction in the amount of $500.00 for failing to disclose the existence of a cumulativetrauma (CT) claim at the time the specific injury was settled; (2) B&A and Mr. Brown, jointly and severally, pay $1,000.00 for proceeding to trial on the CT claim without a legal basis and without competent evidence; (3) B&A and Mr. Brown, jointly and severally, pay $1,000.00 for proceeding to trial on the CT claim without a legal basis and without competent evidence and for failing to supervise , Mr. Ashorzadeh; and (4) B&A and Mr. Brown, jointly and severally, pay $3,756.00 in costs to defendant.1 Petitioners sought reconsideration contending, in relevant part, that the WCJ violated their right to due process by failing to give them an opportunity to
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