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Bravo, Ruben

RUBEN BRAVO ZARATE, Applicant vs. BARON HR, et. al., Defendants

ADJ number
ADJ10529376
Decision date
Feb 17, 2025
District office
Pomona
WCJ
Bentley
Claim administrator
Baron HR (illegally uninsured self-administered employer)
Commissioners
KATHERINE A. ZALEWSKI, CHAIR, JOSÉ H. RAZO, COMMISSIONER, JOSEPH V. CAPURRO, COMMISSIONER
LC §5813LC §5900LC §5903LC §5909LC §4907CCR §10205.5CCR §10390CCR §10400CCR §10421CCR §10625CCR §10628CCR §10629

Summary

Attorney Eric Welch, counsel for illegally uninsured employer Baron HR, sought reconsideration of a January 9, 2024 Order imposing a $2,500 sanction on him and Baron HR jointly and severally for failure to investigate and act in good faith. The sanctions arose from a series of hearings in which settlement documents and certified checks were repeatedly not produced and misrepresentations were allegedly made about the EDD lien being settled. The WCJ recommended dismissing the petition as untimely. The Appeals Board found that Welch was never listed on the proofs of service for any of the notices of intention to sanction, rendering the sanction order void as against him and the petition timely. The Board granted reconsideration, rescinded the January 9, 2024 Order, and returned the matter to the trial level, while admonishing Welch for failing to file a notice of representation.

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