Myung Chul Kim vs. Protection Plus Inc Zenith Insurance Company

This case involves Myung Chul Kim, an applicant, and Protection Plus, Inc. and Zenith Insurance Company, defendants. Kim sought reconsideration of the Amended Findings of Fact and Award and Orders issued on February 25, 2014. The workers' compensation administrative law judge found that Kim sustained injury on January 19, 2001 to his mouth, neck, back, head, psyche, nose, shoulders and left hip while employed as a security guard for the defendant. The injury caused temporary total disability beginning January 20, 2001 to and including April 30, 2001, payable at the rate of $186.67 per week. The injury also caused permanent disability of 45% equivalent to 231 weeks at $170.00 per week, in the total sum

PROTECTION PLUS INC ZENITH INSURANCE COMPANY MYUNG CHUL KIM WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAMYUNG CHUL KIM, Applicant,vs.PROTECTION PLUS, INC.; ZENITHINSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants.Case No. ADJ4690446 (LAO 0794129)OPINION AND ORDERDENYINGRECONSIDERATION            On May 2, 2014, we issued our Opinion and Order Granting Petition for Reconsideration and Decision After Reconsideration. Applicant had sought reconsideration of the Amended Findings of Fact and Award and Orders (F&A) issued on February 25, 2014. The workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) found that applicant sustained injury on January 19, 2001 to his mouth, neck, back, head, psyche, nose, shoulders and left hip while employed as a security guard for defendant; applicant’s earnings were $280.00 per week; the injury caused temporary total disability beginning January 20, 2001 to and including April 30, 2001, payable at the rate of $186.67 per week; the injury caused permanent disability of 45% equivalent to 231 weeks at $170.00 per week, in the total sum of $39,270.00; there was no basis for apportionment; further medical treatment was required to cure or relieve from the effects of the injury; and the reasonable value of the services of applicant’s attorney was $5,890.00. The WCJ did not admit Exhibits 1through5, 7 through 10, and 12 through 16.            Applicant contended that the WCJ erred when he did not admit the report of defendant’s psychiatrist Brian Jack (Exhibit N); and that based on Dr. Jack’s report, applicant was permanent and stationary psychiatrically on July 14, 2004 and entitled to temporary total disability indemnity from January 20, 2001 to July 14, 2004. There is no indication that Exhibit N was not admitted.            We did not receive an answer from defendant to applicant’s Petition. ,             In our May 2, 2010 decision, we amended the F&A to find that applicant’s injury caused temporary total disability beginning January 20, 2001 to and

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