Delfina Moreno vs. Harborside Inns Of Santa Barbara; Insurance Company Of The West / Explorer Insurance
In this case, Delfina Moreno, an employee of Harborside Inns of Santa Barbara, claimed an industrial injury to her left elbow and upper extremity, neck, back, spine, and right leg while working for the defendant. The claim was settled by compromise and release on May 15, 2006, with a lump sum payment of $10,000.00. Mark Duell, D.C., a lien claimant, sought reconsideration of the May 26, 2010 Finding and Order of the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) who denied his lien claim of $9,671.52 and ordered that he take nothing because there was no evidence that he was in defendant’s Medical Provider Network (MPN)
