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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and returned the case to the trial level to decide a lien claim on its merits. The WCJ initially denied the lien claim as barred by the statute of limitations. However, the Board found the defendant estopped from asserting the statute of limitations due to their failure to serve the lien claimant with crucial documents. This failure to serve tolled the statute of limitations, allowing the lien claim to proceed to a decision on its merits.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration and returned the case to the trial level to decide a lien claim on its merits. The WCJ initially denied the lien claim as barred by the statute of limitations. However, the Board found the defendant estopped from asserting the statute of limitations due to their failure to serve the lien claimant with crucial documents. This failure to serve tolled the statute of limitations, allowing the lien claim to proceed to a decision on its merits.
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