EQUITY GROUP INVESTMENTS dba CHART HOUSE ENTERPRISES, INC.; CNA GROUP ROBERT SCHLEIFSTEIN WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAROBERT SCHLEIFSTEIN, Applicant,vs.EQUITY GROUP INVESTMENTS dba CHART HOUSE ENTERPRISES, INC.; CNA GROUP, Defendants.Case No. ADJ909128 (OXN 0124367)OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING REMOVAL AND DECISION AFTERREMOVAL Defendant, Chart House Enterprises,1 seeks removal in response to the Findings and Award of December 21, 2011, in which the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) found that on November 15, 1999, applicant sustained industrial injury while employed by Equity Group of Invest [sic] doing business as (dba) Chart House Entertainment, Chart House Enterprises, and Malibu Charthouse Restaurant, “whose workers’ compensation insurance carrier was Gallagher Bassett Las Vegas,” and that the reasonable reimbursement for transportation costs related to medical treatment pursuant to applicant’s prior ward is $944.94 per month, to be paid prospectively each month pending further order, jurisdiction reserved. Defendant contends that the WCJ’s decision is not supported by any evidence, that applicant’s “medical condition [does not] require that [he] be driven to and from medical treatment appointments [and] to and from his local pharmacy in a high-priced limousine, with built-in gratuity for the limousine company,” and that the WCJ’s decision will result in significant prejudice or irreparable harm. _______________________________________________1 In further proceedings at the trial level, the parties and the WCJ should clarify the correct identity of the defendants. In our December 7, 2009 decision, the defendant was Equity Group Investments dba Chart House Enterprises, Malibu Charthouse Restaurant, insured by CNA Group. In the instant decision, the WCJ adds other defendants and incorrectly identifies Gallagher Bassett Las Vegas, a third party administrator, as an insurer. Furthermore, Zurich American Insurance is list
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