WCPanelIQ
PanelLienGranted in Part

Anderson, Corliss

CORLISS ANDERSON, Applicant vs. WALMART, INC.; ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, administered by SEDGWICK CLAIMS MANAGEMENT, Defendants

ADJ number
ADJ10447246
Decision date
Nov 7, 2024
District office
Van Nuys
WCJ
—
Claim administrator
Sedgwick Claims Management (administering ACE American Insurance Company)
Commissioners
—

Injury / body parts: right wrist

LC §3752LC §4453LC §4456LC §4459LC §4600LC §4653LC §4656LC §4903LC §4904LC §5502LC §5705LC §5900LC §5909

Summary

Corliss Anderson sustained an admitted industrial right wrist injury on March 29, 2016, while working as a modular team worker for Walmart. After seven days of trial and multiple rescinded decisions, the WCJ issued a Second Amended Findings and Award increasing applicant's average weekly earnings from a stipulated $432.80 to $2,060.35 (based on dual employment with Walmart and SMX/Amazon plus self-employment hairdressing income), awarding 104 weeks of TD without EDD credit, and awarding $73,110.53 in medical mileage for travel between Texas and California for treatment. Defendants sought reconsideration. The Appeals Board granted reconsideration and deferred the issues of earnings, temporary disability, and mileage, finding the $2,060.35 earnings figure unsupported by the record (no concurrent dual employment, unreliable/gross self-employment evidence) but agreeing with the WCJ that EDD payments made after the TD period do not warrant credit and that retrospective medical mileage was permissible given defendants' failure to regain medical control. The Board affirmed the award except as amended to defer all three issues for further development.

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