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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to rescind sanctions imposed on the City and County of San Francisco. While affirming the original award of permanent disability and further medical treatment, the Board found the defendant's challenge to the agreed medical evaluator's methodology was based on a good-faith, albeit mistaken, belief and did not constitute frivolous conduct or unnecessary delay. Therefore, sanctions were deemed unwarranted under Labor Code section 5813.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to rescind sanctions imposed on the City and County of San Francisco. While affirming the original award of permanent disability and further medical treatment, the Board found the defendant's challenge to the agreed medical evaluator's methodology was based on a good-faith, albeit mistaken, belief and did not constitute frivolous conduct or unnecessary delay. Therefore, sanctions were deemed unwarranted under Labor Code section 5813.
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