This case is about Cardis Corporation and American Home Assurance Company appealing a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board that found that Samuel Richardson, an employee of Cardis Corporation, sustained an admitted industrial injury to his neck and right upper extremity on October 24, 1989, and was entitled to temporary disability indemnity and neck surgery. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration and rescinded the decision, returning the matter to the trial level for further development of the medical record, specifically the deposition of the agreed medical evaluator, to determine if the injury caused the need for surgery and temporary disability.
CARDIS CORPORATION; and AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, SAMUEL RICHARDSON, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIASAMUEL RICHARDSON, Applicant,vs.CARDIS CORPORATION; and AMERICANHOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant.Case No. ADJ4280339 (LAO 668963)OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING RECONSIDERATION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION Defendant seeks reconsideration of the Findings and Award of October 15, 2008, wherein the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) found that applicant sustained an admitted industrial injury to his neck and right upper extremity on October 24, 1989, while employed by Cardis Corporation, American Home Assurance Company’s insured on the date of injury, and that the injury caused temporary disability from January 29, 2008, through October 6, 2008, (the date the WCJ signed the Findings and Award) and continuing and a need for anterior cervical spine surgery, entitling applicant to temporary disability indemnity (TDI) for the above-described period and
