ADJ4271849

In this case, Miriam Rodriguez was appealing a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board regarding her attorney’s fees and sanctions. The Appeals Board issued an Opinion and Order Granting Reconsideration and Decision After Reconsideration, but it was discovered that the decision contained a clerical error. The Appeals Board corrected the clerical error and ordered that the employer, E.L. Cruchley, D.D.S./Fair Oaks Dental Associates, pay the attorney’s fee in the sum of $924.90 and that the State Compensation Insurance Fund had no liability for the attorney’s fee. The Appeals Board also granted the request for an evidentiary hearing on sanctions and deferred the Petition for Sanctions. The

In this case, Miriam Rodriguez, a dental assistant, sought reconsideration of the denial of her Petition for Sanctions for an alleged failure on the part of her employer to voluntarily pay her attorney’s fee for the employer’s August 9, 2007 deposition of her. The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board granted her petition for reconsideration and ordered an evidentiary hearing on the sanctions issue. The Board also affirmed the WCJ’s Order regarding the employer’s payment of applicant’s attorney’s fee, amending the Order to clarify that the deposition involved is that of applicant taken on August 9, 2007 and that applicant’s ‘Petition for Attorney’s Fee,’ filed February 25, 2008, is granted. The Board also clarified the WCJ’s statement that