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Case No. ADJ8157719

Regular

NICOLAS MERCADO vs. CO-WEST COMMODITIES, CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION, ULLICO CASUALTY COMPANY

In this workers' compensation case, Nicolas Mercado filed a Petition for Removal. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board reviewed the petition and the administrative law judge's report. Finding no grounds for removal, the Board denied the petition, adopting the judge's reasoning.

Petition for RemovalWorkers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Insurance Guarantee AssociationULLICO Casualty CompanyliquidationPatriot Risk Servicesadministrative law judgeADJ8157719denial of removalBerman More & Gonzalez

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Case No. ADJ2501382

Regular

Jan 23, 2009

FIDENCIO REYES vs. CA D'ORO BAKERY, CIGA for CASUALTY RECIPROCAL EXCHANGE, In Liquidation

Reconsideration granted to allow further study of factual and legal issues.

Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardPetition for ReconsiderationDecision After Reconsiderationstatutory time constraintsfactual and legal issuesjust and reasoned decisionfurther proceedingsWorkers' Compensation Appeals Board San FranciscoShandler & AssociatesGuilford Steiner Sarvas & Carbonara

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Case No. ADJ2857080 (LBO 0314435)

Regular

Apr 08, 2014

Susan North vs. Staff Pay Agency, Sedgwick, California Insurance Guarantee Association

This case involves a lien claimant, Rehab Solutions, whose claim for $5,046.50 was disallowed due to failure to prove the reasonableness of charges. The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration but ultimately affirmed the decision that Rehab Solutions would take nothing on its lien claim. The WCAB agreed with the finding that Rehab Solutions and its representative engaged in frivolous conduct by insisting on trial without probative evidence. Sanctions were considered, with Rehab Solutions and its representative potentially liable for $2,500, but the findings regarding sanctions were ordered to be placed within the Notice of Intention to Impose Sanctions rather than the main Findings of Fact.

Lien claimantRehab SolutionsPetition for ReconsiderationFindings and OrdersEvidentiary RulingNotice of Intention to Impose Sanctionsindustrial injurylow backlower extremityleft side of body

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NICOLAS MERCADO vs. CO-WEST COMMODITIES, CALIFORNIA INSURANCE GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION, ULLICO CASUALTY COMPANY

FIDENCIO REYES vs. CA D'ORO BAKERY, CIGA for CASUALTY RECIPROCAL EXCHANGE, In Liquidation

Reconsideration granted to allow further study of factual and legal issues.

Susan North vs. Staff Pay Agency, Sedgwick, California Insurance Guarantee Association

Lien claimantRehab SolutionsPetition for ReconsiderationFindings and OrdersEvidentiary RulingNotice of Intention to Impose Sanctionsindustrial injurylow backlower extremityleft side of body