STANFORD UNIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION, Through Its Servicing Facility INTERCARE INSURANCE SERVICES, For RELIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY, in Liquidation; ZURICH NORTH AMERICA, STEPHEN HERRING (STEVEN HERRING), WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIASTEPHEN HERRING(STEVEN HERRING), Applicant,vs.STANFORD UNIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION, Through Its Servicing Facility INTERCARE INSURANCE SERVICES, For RELIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY, in Liquidation; ZURICH NORTH AMERICA, Defendants.Case Nos. ADJ3193455 (SJO 0234823)ADJ3923827 (SJO 0240720)OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING RECONSIDERATION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION Defendant California Insurance Guarantee Association (“CIGA”) seeks reconsideration of an arbitrator’s Decision and Order of April 10, 2009, wherein the arbitrator found as follows: “Notwithstanding the absence of the insurance policy itself, secondary evidence supports a finding that a UNITED PACIFIC/RELIANCE policy was issued whereby STANFORD UNIVERSITY had Workers’ Compensation coverage for STEPHEN HERRING’s specific injury arising out of and in the course of his employment at STANFORD UNIVERSITY on 1/8/99. Therefore, UNITED PACIFIC/REILANCE in liquidation, CIGA has standing to recover provable Workers’ Compensation payments made on account of said injury by UNITED PACIFIC/RELIANCE and or CIGA either before or after liquidation. It is further found that the date of injury of STEPHEN HERRING’S cumulative injury in SJO 0240720 is 7/20/99 for which insurance coverage rests with UNITED PACIFIC/RELIANCE and not with ZURICH.” In these matters, applicant filed an application for adjudication of claim on February 24, 2003 in case SJO 0234823, wherein he alleged that, while employed by Stanford University as a groundskeeper on January 8, 1999, he sustained specific industrial injury to his neck and to his
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