WCPanelIQ
PanelMed-legalLienGranted

Corral, Silas

SILAS CORRAL, Applicant vs. M AND O EDWARDS, INC.; GUARD INSURANCE; administered by BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY, Defendants

ADJ number
ADJ17085228
Decision date
Feb 1, 2026
District office
Pomona
WCJ
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Claim administrator
Berkshire Hathaway (administering Guard Insurance)
Commissioners
KATHERINE WILLIAMS DODD, COMMISSIONER, JOSEPH V. CAPURRO, COMMISSIONER, CRAIG L. SNELLINGS, COMMISSIONER

Injury / body parts: back

LC §5909LC §5900LC §5813LC §5313CCR §10600CCR §10752CCR §10786CCR §10873CCR §10875CCR §10421CCR §10832CCR §10517CCR §10742

Summary

Applicant's attorney, Alvandi Law Group, sought reconsideration of an October 29, 2025 Order imposing $750 in sanctions for failing to appear at a September 18, 2025 status conference set on a cost petitioner's medical-legal reimbursement petition and for listing an incorrect insurance carrier. The WCAB found that the conference was a lien conference (not a hearing on the case in chief), so neither applicant nor counsel was required to attend absent a specific order to appear. Because the failure-to-appear basis was legally incorrect, the Notice of Intention (NIT) was void, rendering the resulting sanctions Order void. The Board also noted due process defects: no hearing was held on the objection, the NIT did not name the offending party specifically, and the NIT and Order identified different conduct. The Board granted reconsideration and rescinded the sanctions Order.

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