Balthazar Alvarez, vs. Trinity Store Fixtures, Inc. Dba Main Display & Fixtures; Uninsured Employers Benefits Trust Fund,
(LAO 0840696) is a case in which Balthazar Alvarez, the applicant, sought reconsideration of the Findings of Fact and Order issued May 28, 2009, wherein the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) found that applicant “did not sustain injury AOE/COE, as alleged” and ordered that applicant “take nothing.” The WCJ noted that applicant was not a credible witness, that applicant changed his testimony regarding reporting his back injury to his employer, that applicant performed “unrestricted duty … ten to twelve hours a day after the alleged injury”, that applicant filed for unemployment benefits and did not mention a work-related injury on the application, and that applicant “testified that the defendant’s brother took
