WCPanelIQ
PanelGranted in Part

Figueroa, Andrea

ANDREA FIGUEROA, Applicant vs. CAMPESINOS FARM LABOR CONTRACTING INC., PREFERRED EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants

ADJ number
ADJ18844740
Decision date
Nov 21, 2024
District office
Bakersfield
WCJ
—
Claim administrator
Preferred Employers Insurance Company
Commissioners
KATHERINE A. ZALEWSKI, CHAIR, ANNE SCHMITZ, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
LC §5909LC §5900LC §5902LC §5903LC §5700LC §4907CCR §10401CCR §10961CCR §10962

Summary

Defendant filed a Petition for Reconsideration on August 19, 2024 challenging the WCJ's July 26, 2024 Order directing service of documents, contending the issue was moot because the underlying petition for costs had been resolved. The WCJ subsequently issued a Notice of Intent to rescind and then a September 23, 2024 Order rescinding the July 26 Order, but that rescission occurred while the case was pending before the Appeals Board and outside the 15-day window in which the WCJ retained jurisdiction. The Board held the July 26 Order was a non-final interlocutory evidentiary/discovery order not properly subject to reconsideration. It dismissed the petition as one for reconsideration, treated and granted it as a petition for removal, and rescinded both the July 26, 2024 and September 23, 2024 Orders to clear the record. The Board also addressed timeliness under newly amended section 5909 and admonished both the non-attorney representative and the insurer regarding their professional obligations.

Issues

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