Jerome Hudson, vs. Sk Management Company, Llc; Crum & Forster,
In this case, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board denied the petition for removal filed by Jerome Hudson, an applicant who had sustained industrial orthopedic and psychiatric injuries and claims to have sustained internal injuries. The petition requested that the appeals board rescind the Order dated February 24, 2009, wherein the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) ordered this matter off calendar, noting that “parties are waiting for panel.” The appeals board found that the defendant was not precluded from obtaining a comprehensive medical-legal evaluation pursuant to Labor Code section 4062.21 because it had not objected timely to the determination of the primary treating physician. The petition for removal was denied.
