T.P.I.R./Mark Goodson Prod. Pearson T.V.; St. Paul Travelers, Formerly Gulf Insurance Company; And California Insurance Guarantee Association, For Legion Insurance Company Sherrell Paris WORKERS-COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIASHERRELL PARIS, Applicant,vs.T.P.I.R./MARK GOODSON PROD. PEARSON T.V.; ST. PAUL TRAVELERS, Formerly GULF INSURANCE COMPANY; and CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION, for LEGION INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant(s). Case Nos. ADJ475725 (MON 0270464); ADJ845300 (MON 0270462)OPINION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION We previously granted California Insurance Guarantee Association’s (C1GA) petition forreconsideration to further study the factual and legal issues in this case. This is our Opinion and Decision After Reconsideration. CIGA sought reconsideration of the January 26, 2010 Findings and Order, wherein the arbitrator found that applicant, while employed as an executive assistant, sustained industrial injury to her neck. back, right shoulder, and right hip on November 20, 1996 (Gulf Insurance, now St. Paul Travelers) and on June 22, 2000 (Legion Insurance Company, now CIGA). The arbitrator found that a Joint Stipulations with Request for Award issued on April 2, 2003, and that the terms and provisions of that award remain enforceable. He found that Legion Insurance Company was dissolved on April 25, 2003, and that CIGA filed an untimely Petition for Reimbursement/Contribution on November 8, 2007. The arbitrator also found that CIGA had not presented substantial evidence in support of its Petition for Reimbursement/Contribution. He ordered CIGA to take nothing by way of its Petition for Reimbursement/Contribution. CIGA contended: 1) that the arbitrator erred in finding its claim for reimbursement barred by Labor Code section 5500.5, arguing that its right to reimbursement is independent of section , 5500.5, and 2) that it is entitled to full reimbursement from St. Paul Travelers, which provided “other
