SYLVIA REYES vs. IDLE ACRE CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL, EVEREST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY

This case concerns an insurer's petition for reconsideration of an arbitration award that altered a prior finding on the cumulative trauma injury period. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration, rescinding the arbitration award. The Board held that a prior Workers' Compensation Judge's finding of a cumulative trauma period ending June 23, 2005, which was stipulated to by the parties and not challenged, was binding. Therefore, the Arbitrator erred in redetermining this date. The issues of body part allocation are returned to the Arbitrator for a new decision.