JOSEFINA MARTINEZ vs. HEINZ PET PRODUCTS, LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, IMPRESS PACKAGING HOLDINGS, INC., AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, CHARTIS CLAIMS, INC.

This Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) opinion dismisses a lien claimant's second petition for reconsideration. The WCAB had already denied the claimant's initial petition on April 28, 2010. Filing a successive petition to challenge a prior WCAB decision, after reconsideration was already denied, is procedurally improper. California law dictates that after a WCAB decision, the proper avenue for further appeal is a writ of review, not another petition for reconsideration. Therefore, the Board dismissed the lien claimant's petition.