UNITED CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS and GUIDEONE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, VALERIE OBASI, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAVALERIE OBASI, Applicant,vs.UNITED CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS andGUIDEONE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant(s).Case No. ADJ667038 (STK 0193341)ADJ4685475 (STK 0199423)ADJ1347499 (STK 0199424)ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION We have considered the allegations of the Petition for Reconsideration and the contents of the Report and Recommendation on Petition for Reconsideration of the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ). Based on our review of the record, and for the reasons stated in said report which we adopt and incorporate, we will dismiss the petition. In addition, we note that were we not dismissing applicant’s petition as untimely, we could have denied reconsideration for the reasons stated in the WCJ’s report, including giving the WCJ’s finding on credibility the great weight to which it is entitled. (Garza v. Workmen’s Comp. AppealsBd. (1970) 3 Cal.3d 312 [35 Cal.Comp.Cases 500].)/////////////////////////// , For the foregoing reasons, IT IS ORDERED that said Petition for Reconsideration is DISMISSED. WORKERS’COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD _______________________________ GREGORY G. AGHAZARIANI CONCUR, _______________________________ FRANK M. BRASS_______________________________ JAMES C. CUNEODATED AND FILED AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIASep 23 2009SERVICE MADE BY MAIL ON ABOVE DATE ON THE PERSONS LISTED BELOW AT THEIR ADDRESSES AS SHOWN ON THE CURRENT OFFICIAL ADDRESS RECORD:VALERIE OBASIPURSLEY LAW FIRMcsl , WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIACase No. STK 0193341(M) (ADJ667038);
Valerie Obasi, vs. United Christian Schools And Guideone Mutual Insurance Company,
This case involves Valerie Obasi, a preschool break person, who was 40 years old on the dates of injury of 08/06/04 and cumulatively through 08/06/04 and 41 years old on the date of injury of 11/14/03. Obasi claimed to have sustained injury to both wrists, hands, neck, spine, and psyche while in the employment of defendant United Christian Schools, which was insured by GuideOne Insurance. Obasi filed a Petition for Reconsideration, which was deemed untimely and was dismissed. The court found that Obasi's testimony was not credible regarding her complaints and that her descriptions of the events of injury and seeking medical treatment had changed from the time of her deposition to
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- Case No. ADJ667038
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