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Gonzalez, Gloria

GLORIA GONZALEZ, Applicant vs. LA MIRADA POST-ACUTE, aka SUNNY HILLS POST-ACUTE; AIU INSURANCE, ADMINISTERED BY CORVEL, Defendants

ADJ number
ADJ17084700
Decision date
Feb 6, 2025
District office
Marina Del Rey
WCJ
—
Claim administrator
CorVel (administering for AIU Insurance)
Commissioners
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Injury / body parts: left shoulder

LC §5909LC §5900LC §5902LC §4650LC §4651LC §4652LC §4653LC §4654LC §4655LC §4656LC §4657LC §4658.1CCR §10116.9

Summary

Applicant Gloria Gonzalez, a CNA, suffered an admitted left shoulder injury on October 7, 2022 while lifting a patient. The company clinic imposed a five-pound lifting restriction (later eased to 20 pounds and released to full duty on June 14, 2023). On November 1, 2022, her supervisor changed her status from full-time to PRN (as-needed), which the WCJ found was uninformed and therefore involuntary. The WCJ awarded temporary disability for November 1, 2022 through June 14, 2023, and defendant petitioned for reconsideration. The Board denied reconsideration, holding that the employer failed to meet its burden of establishing a bona fide offer of modified or alternative work, which is required to be relieved of temporary disability liability regardless of whether the change to PRN status was voluntary.

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