Impact Patrol; State Compensation Insurance Fund, Rafael Prieto (Jorge Luis Penaloza) WORKERS-COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIARAFAEL PRIET (JORGE LUIS PENALOZA), Applicant,vs.IMPACT PATROL; STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND, Defendants,JOYCE ALTMAN INTERPRETERS, Lien claimant.Case No. ADJ1101295OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING REMOVAL AND DECISION AFTER IMPACT PATROL; STATE REMOVAL Lien claimant petitioned for removal of this case to the Appeals Board following issuance of the January 11, 2010 Order1 (Order) of the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ), which provides as follows: “IT IS ORDERED THAT defendant serve upon ALCALA ASSOCIATES LOS ANGELES on behalf of Joyce Altman Interpreters all medical reports and documents it intends to rely upon, including notices required under 8 Cal. Code reg. §9795.4. Lien-claimant may obtain other records by subpoena and claim medical-legal costs if the principal (doctor) will not provide them; i AND: “IF MARKET RATE is relied upon, lien-claimant shall serve upon defendant a list of each interpreter providing services, together with the certification number of each independent contractor interpreter, not employed by Joyce Altman Interpreting, and proof of market rate 1 The identical order concerning this lien claimant was issued in several other cases by the same WCJ. Lien claimant separately petitioned for removal of each of those cases to the Appeals Board for the same reasons. However, the cases were not consolidated to address the issue and the détendants in the cases are different. Accordingly, we issue sepat ate decisions in each of the cases although the decision we reach in each of them is the same. , of each .such interpreter, as required by 8 Cal. Code Reg. 9795.3 (b) (2)…’’ (Citations and quotations omitted.) Lien claimant contends that the WCJ should have ordered defendant to provide copies of all the medical reports in its possessionjand not just those “it intends to rel
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