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This case involves a defendant, Mercedes & BMW Auto Parts & Dismantling, Inc., seeking reconsideration of a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) decision. The WCAB denied the petition, upholding the finding that the applicant, Vahak Amirian, was an employee, not a partner, based on a lack of credible evidence of a partnership. The WCAB also affirmed the finding that the defendant willfully failed to maintain workers' compensation insurance, rejecting the defendant's claims of good faith belief they had no employees. The WCAB gave significant weight to the judge's credibility determinations regarding witness testimony.
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This case involves a defendant, Mercedes & BMW Auto Parts & Dismantling, Inc., seeking reconsideration of a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) decision. The WCAB denied the petition, upholding the finding that the applicant, Vahak Amirian, was an employee, not a partner, based on a lack of credible evidence of a partnership. The WCAB also affirmed the finding that the defendant willfully failed to maintain workers' compensation insurance, rejecting the defendant's claims of good faith belief they had no employees. The WCAB gave significant weight to the judge's credibility determinations regarding witness testimony.
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