California Workers’ Compensation Case Law

In this case, Rafael Tellez was injured while working as a baker for Fiesta Mexican Market, LLP. He received a lump sum payment of $50,000 for his injuries. A third-party lien claimant, California Physician’s Network, sought to recover $104,578.90 for transportation services it claimed to provide Tellez in taking him to and from appointments with his physicians. The workers’ compensation administrative law judge allowed the lien of CPN, in the amount of $24,920.00, along with interest and penalties. The defendants sought reconsideration of the decision, arguing that the lien claimant did not meet its burden of proving that the transportation it provided was reasonable medical treatment, that the claimed transportation was outside of

This case involves a worker’s compensation dispute between Mario Chavez-Pineda, the applicant, and Cor-O-Van/Employers Leasing Co. and St. Paul/Travelers Insurance, the defendants. The applicant sustained an industrial injury to his back, right lower extremity, and right knee on June 22, 2005, while employed as a mover. The defendants sought to terminate their liability for continuing temporary disability, citing the opinion of a panel Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) that the applicant was permanent and stationary. The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to amend the findings of fact with regard to the defendant’s liability for temporary disability, rescind the award of interim attorney fees, and return the matter for

In this case, Kelli McCoo was the applicant and Gordon Birch and the California Insurance Guarantee Association by its servicing facility, Broadspire for Cal Comp/Superior National Insurance Company, in Liquidation were the defendants. Khosrow Tabaddor, M.D. (lien claimant) sought reconsideration of the Findings and Order (F&O) issued in this case by the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on December 1, 2010. The WCJ found that there was an assignment of lien claimant’s lien to lien representative WSG & Associates (WSG) and that under Insurance Code section 1063.1, subdivision (c) (9) (b), defendant