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PanelGranted in Part

Alor Lopez, Victor Nicolas

VICTOR NICOLAS ALOR LOPEZ, Applicant vs. ALLIED UNIVERSAL, Permissibly Self-Insured, administered by ESIS, Defendants

ADJ number
ADJ14289195
Decision date
Date unavailable
District office
Van Nuys
WCJ
Leonard Silberman (Workers' Compensation Arbitrator)
Claim administrator
ESIS (administering for Allied Universal, Permissibly Self-Insured)
Commissioners
CRAIG SNELLINGS, COMMISSIONER, JOSEPH V. CAPURRO, COMMISSIONER, ANNE SCHMITZ, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
LC §5710LC §5813LC §5900LC §5909CCR §10421CCR §10964

Summary

Applicant's attorney Robert Ozeran sought reconsideration of an arbitrator's Findings and Award that denied his petition for Labor Code section 5710 attorney's fees for reviewing the applicant's deposition transcript and imposed sanctions of $990 payable to defense counsel and $600 payable to the Ross Pike Memorial Trust. The WCAB granted reconsideration and rescinded the F&A. The Board held that the applicant's attorney's petition for section 5710 fees was not frivolous or indisputably without merit, so sanctions under section 5813 were improper. However, the Board agreed that the attorney failed to meet his burden of proof for the additional fees because he did not appear at the proceedings, sent another attorney, and provided only a bill (Exhibit 4) without supporting testimony. The Board ordered that applicant's attorneys, defense attorneys, and the Ross Pike Trust all take nothing.

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