DIONE HERNANDEZ vs. ENTERPRISE RENT A CAR; Permissibly Self-Insured, Administered By AVIZENT ANAHEIM

In this case, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board denied the defendant’s Petition for Reconsideration of the August 30, 2012 Findings of Fact, which found that the applicant sustained injury arising out of and in the course of the employment to her back and right lower extremity on January 3, 2011. The Board found that the WCJ’s findings were supported by solid, credible evidence and were to be accorded great weight by the Appeals Board. The Board also noted that the employee bears the burden of proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, that his or her injury was sustained in the course of employment. The Board found that the medical records and testimony of the applicant’s supervisor corroborated the injury on January 3,