Department Of Social Services – In Home Supportive Services, legally uninsured, adjusted by York Risk Services Group, Sonya Whitson, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIASONYA WHITSON,Applicant,vs.DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES – IN HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, legally uninsured, adjusted by YORK RISK SERVICES GROUP,Defendants.Case No. ADJ10658899(Santa Rosa District Office)OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION Defendant seeks removal, or in the alternative, reconsideration of the Findings and Order (F&O) issued by the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on August 18, 2017. By the F&O, the WCJ denied defendant’s Petition for Dismissal of applicant’s specific injury claim (Case No. ADJ10658899). Defendant contends that the F&O will cause irreparable harm because defendant will need to re-litigate a claim that was purportedly already resolved by Compromise and Release in Case No. ADJ9758271. We did not receive an answer from applicant. The WCJ filed a Report and Recommendation on Petition for Removal/Reconsideration (Report) recommending that reconsideration be denied. We have considered the allegations of defendant’s Petition for Removal and In the Alternative Petition for Reconsideration and the contents of the WCJ’s Report with respect thereto. Based on our review of the record, and for the reasons stated in the WCJ’s Report, and as discussed below, we will deny defendant’s Petition for Reconsideration.FACTUAL BACKGROUND Applicant claims injury to her shoulders, neck, hand, head, arm and back on April 10, 2015 while employed as a caregiver for the Department of Social Services (Case No. ADJ10658899). , Applicant also claimed injury to her arm, elbow, shoulder, musculo-skeletal system and nervous system from August 6, 2011 through June 15, 2014 while employed in the same position (Case No. ADJ9758271). This claim was resolved via Compromise and Relea
