Hall, Chadrick

Applicant Chadrick Hall, a delivery driver for DHL Express, claimed he injured his right ankle/Achilles when he jumped out of his delivery truck on July 23, 2021. The WCJ initially found no industrial injury, deeming the applicant's testimony not credible and the QME's reports not substantial evidence. On reconsideration (December 2, 2022), the Board reversed, finding the QME reports constituted substantial medical evidence once supplemented with full records, and found industrial injury to the right ankle. Defendant then petitioned for reconsideration of that decision but improperly filed it with the DWC District Office rather than directly with the Appeals Board, causing the petition to languish past the 60-day deadline. The Board granted reconsideration to correct a clerical error (misidentifying Sedgwick as the carrier instead of AIU Insurance Company), applied equitable tolling under Shipley to reach the merits despite the lapse of the section 5909 deadline, and ultimately denied defendant's petition on the merits, affirming the industrial injury finding.