TRAYNHAM TRUCKING; CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION For FREMONT COMPENSATION, In Liquidation; IMPORT DEALER SERVICES; JUSTICE WASTE RECYCLING; STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND ROBERT LARKINS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAROBERT LARKINS, Applicant,vs.TRAYNHAM TRUCKING; CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION For FREMONT COMPENSATION, In Liquidation; IMPORT DEALER SERVICES; JUSTICE WASTE RECYCLING; STATECOMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND, Defendant(s).Case No(s). ADJ6955015 (RDG 0124411)ADJ1385879 (RDG 0103371)ADJ504417OPINION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION We earlier granted the petition of defendant State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) for reconsideration of the September 7, 2011 Findings and Award and Order of the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) who consolidated the three cases filed by applicant and found consistent with earlier awards that applicant incurred industrial injury to his back on March 5, 2001 (ADJ 1385879), and successive cumulative trauma injuries to his back during the periods through April 30, 2004 (ADJ6955015), and through January 15, 2006 (ADJ504417). The WCJ further found that defendant California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA), for Fremont Compensation (Fremont), in liquidation, was entitled to “100% reimbursement for all benefits actually paid by CIGA” after Fremont went into liquidation on July 2, 2003, and a “pro rata share of those sums actually paid” by Fremont that are “attributable to the cumulative trauma after the commencement of industrial exposure and prior to insolvency,” with the sums to be held by CIGA in trust and “turned over the insurance commissioner for administration by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.” SCIF contends that it should not have been found liable for medical treatment obtained by applicant prior to the April 30, 2004 date of injury in ADJ6955015, and that SCIF should not have been found liable to CIGA for all benefits paid and exp
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