Pomona

SMART & FINAL STORES; SEDGWICKIn this case, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board granted the Petition for Removal filed by Gustavo Chairez Murillo, rescinding the Order Compelling Medical Examination dated April 24, 2014, and returning the matters to the trial level for further proceedings. The Board expressed no opinion on the merits of the underlying issues.

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This case involves Joanne Garcia and The Home Depot USA, Inc., Permissibly Self-Insured, Administered By Helmsman Management. The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the Petition for Reconsideration due to the fact that it was not a final order and the lien claimant was not aggrieved.

CARNATION CO.; METLIFE INS. CO. OF CONNECTICUT, Administered by TRAVELERS EDWARD ZEPEDA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAEDWARD ZEPEDA, Applicant,vs.CARNATION CO.; METLIFE INS. CO. OF CONNECTICUT,Administered by TRAVELERS, Defendants.Case No. ADJ7347492(Pomona District Office)OPINION AND ORDERS GRANTING PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATIONAND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION            Defendant seeks reconsideration of the Findings of Fact and Order issued August 20, 2012, …

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is a case involving Juan Gonzalez, the applicant, and Valley Heat Treating, Inc. and Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., the defendants. The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the petition for reconsideration filed by Gonzalez as it was untimely. The decision in question was personally served on the parties and the petition was filed more than 20 days after filing and service of the WCJ’s decision. Had the petition been timely-filed, it would have been denied on the merits.

This case involves Annette Valdez and the Southern California Gas Company. The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board dismissed the Petition for Reconsideration because there was no final order by which applicant was aggrieved and because the petition was skeletal. The petition failed to state grounds upon which reconsideration was sought or to cite with specificity to the record.

In this case, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant’s Petition for Removal and Petition for Disqualification. The defendant had requested that the Appeals Board amend an Order from the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) to set the case for trial on its petitions to dismiss only. The Appeals Board found that the defendant’s Petition contained false or substantially false statements of fact and that the applicant’s Answer was patently offensive, insulting, and disrespectful of defense counsel. The Appeals Board also denied the defendant’s Petition for Disqualification, finding that the WCJ had not formed an opinion as to the merits of the defendant’s Petition for Dismissal.

(POM 0299283) is a case in which the defendant, OC Complete Personnel, sought reconsideration of the June 30, 2017 Findings of Fact wherein the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) found that the applicant, Santiago Flores, sustained an industrial injury to his back on August 26, 2003 and that between August 26, 2003 and August 18, 2014, the matter was a contested claim. The defendant argued that the WCJ erred in finding that this matter was a contested claim, as the claim was accepted and the WCJ should not have relied on California Code of Regulations, title 8, section 9793(b)(4). The Appeals Board denied the petition for reconsideration, finding that the WCJ had