ADJ3777676

In this case, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board granted the Petition for Reconsideration by applicant Louis Dukes of the Findings and Award issued on May 15, 2013 by a workers’ compensation administrative law judge. The Board amended the Findings and Award to find that applicant was entitled to temporary disability benefits and that defendant was not entitled to a credit, deferred the issue of whether applicant was entitled to an increase under section 4650(d), and returned the matter to the WCJ for further decision on that issue.

In this case, Louis Dukes (applicant) sought reconsideration of a Findings and Order (F&O) issued by a workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on September 21, 2011. The F&O found that the September 23, 2010 medical report of Dr. Kipperman was not timely served on the parties and ordered that it is inadmissible in this case. The WCJ’s Report and Recommendation on Petition for Reconsideration was considered, and the Petition for Reconsideration was dismissed. The Petition for Removal was also denied.

In this case, Northshore Fire Protection District and Athens Administrators sought reconsideration of an order by the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on December 8, 2010, wherein the WCJ set this matter for trial on all issues. The Appeals Board dismissed the petition for reconsideration, but granted removal and directed the WCJ to hear and determine the issue of admissibility of the PQME report based on its timeliness and to stay another PQME of applicant pending determination of the timeliness issue.