EMILIA OLGUIN vs. ESIS DIVISION OF ACE/USA INSURANCE; Permissibly Self-Insured

The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) denied the defendant's petition for reconsideration and dismissed the applicant's petition. The defendant argued that the WCJ's order to pay the EDD lien would result in undue enrichment due to prior payments, but the WCAB adopted the WCJ's reasoning that the defendant was on notice of the EDD's lien and paid benefits at its own peril. The applicant's petition was dismissed as untimely. The WCAB denied the defendant's petition, finding no error in the original award ordering payment of the EDD lien.