WCPanelIQ
PanelLienRemanded

Ventura, David

DAVID VENTURA, Applicant vs. GOLD COAST INGREDIENTS, INC.; REPUBLIC INDEMNITY, Defendants

ADJ number
ADJ8147459
Decision date
Sep 22, 2024
District office
Van Nuys
WCJ
—
Claim administrator
Republic Indemnity
Commissioners
KATHERINE WILLIAMS DODD, COMMISSIONER

Injury / body parts: hernia, umbilicus, right testicle, abdomen

LC §5400LC §5401LC §5402LC §5701LC §5702LC §5900LC §5906LC §5909CCR §10517CCR §10600

Summary

Lien claimant Moussa Moshfegh, M.D., sought reconsideration of a July 2, 2024 Findings of Fact and Order in which the WCJ denied his lien for hernia evaluation and surgery, finding applicant did not sustain a compensable injury and that Dr. Moshfegh's services related to a denied cumulative trauma claim and an unpled specific injury of March 27, 2011, not the May 26, 2011 specific injury claimed in ADJ8147459. The Board first addressed its timeliness under amended Labor Code section 5909, concluding it acted within 60 days of the July 24, 2024 transmission. On the merits, the Board found the WCJ erred in denying the lien solely because Dr. Moshfegh's report referenced a March 27, 2011 injury date not pled, since a WCJ may amend pleadings to conform to proof. The Board also declined to resolve the presumption of compensability under section 5402 given confusion over the injury dates. The Board granted reconsideration, rescinded the July 2, 2024 order, and returned the matter to the trial level for further proceedings.

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