WCPanelIQ
PanelLienDismissed

Newman, Loretta

LORETTA NEWMAN, Applicant vs. UCLA MEDICAL CENTER, PSI; administered by SEDGWICK CLAIMS MANAGEMENT SERVICES, Defendants

ADJ number
ADJ2209220
Decision date
Jan 5, 2025
District office
Marina Del Rey
WCJ
Ivy W. Mi
Claim administrator
Sedgwick Claims Management Services
Commissioners
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Injury / body parts: psyche, fibromyalgia, neck, back, upper extremities

LC §5909LC §5900LC §5902LC §5903LC §5813LC §3600LC §5402CCR §10390CCR §2592.01CCR §10305CCR §10401CCR §10751CCR §10421CCR §10600CCR §10955

Summary

Lien claimant David Silver, M.D., sought reconsideration or removal of an October 9, 2024 Findings of Fact and Order in which the WCJ denied the lien claimant's petition and supplemental petition challenging the authority of ClaimLogix and Ronald Lawrence Snider to represent self-insured employer UCLA Medical Center (administered by Sedgwick) in lien proceedings. The Board dismissed the petition for reconsideration because the F&O was an interim procedural order, not a final order determining substantive rights or a threshold issue. The Board denied removal, adopting the WCJ's Report, which found that Sedgwick as claims administrator and its adjuster could administer the claim and hire non-attorney representatives like ClaimLogix on behalf of UCLA. The Board admonished the lien claimant's non-attorney representative Dan Escamilla for filing alternative petitions on a clearly interlocutory order, citing Ledezma and warning of potential sanctions.

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