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Hilton, Courtney

COURTNEY HILTON, Applicant vs. TORRANCE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, permissibly self-insured by SEDGWICK, previously administered by KEENAN & ASSOCIATES, Defendants

ADJ number
ADJ10305680
Decision date
Oct 3, 2024
District office
Los Angeles
WCJ
Elisha Landman
Claim administrator
Sedgwick (permissibly self-insured Torrance Unified School District; previously administered by Keenan & Associates)
Commissioners
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Injury / body parts: heart, cumulative trauma (multiple body parts)

LC §5412LC §5405LC §5410LC §5407LC §5900LC §5909LC §5500.5CCR §10600CCR §10955

Summary

Courtney Hilton, a school psychologist, filed a cumulative trauma claim against Torrance Unified School District for the period December 7, 2011 through January 7, 2016, and amended it several times. She voluntarily requested dismissal of her case in 2020, and an Order Dismissing without Prejudice issued and was served October 5, 2020. In 2023, Hilton filed a Petition to Reopen along with amended applications, which the WCJ found untimely because her last actual industrial exposure was in 2016 and a petition to reopen filed in 2023 fell well outside the five-year statute of limitations under Labor Code section 5410. The WCAB adopted and incorporated the WCJ's report and denied reconsideration, also addressing the timeliness of its own action under amended section 5909.

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