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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration of a $$750$ sanction imposed on lien claimant Tri City Regional Medical Center. The WCAB found that while the lien claimant filing a Declaration of Readiness to Proceed prematurely was an error, it was based on a reasonable belief that the case had settled. The Board rescinded the original $$750$ sanction and imposed a reduced sanction of $$250$ jointly and severally on the lien claimant, its representative Richard Fruge, and his firm due to a clerical error in the original order.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration of a $$750$ sanction imposed on lien claimant Tri City Regional Medical Center. The WCAB found that while the lien claimant filing a Declaration of Readiness to Proceed prematurely was an error, it was based on a reasonable belief that the case had settled. The Board rescinded the original $$750$ sanction and imposed a reduced sanction of $$250$ jointly and severally on the lien claimant, its representative Richard Fruge, and his firm due to a clerical error in the original order.
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