Lacy, Lisa

Applicant Lisa Lacy, an information systems analyst for County of Los Angeles Health Services, claimed psychiatric injury arising from a workplace mandate to undergo weekly Covid testing through Fulgent, which she resisted because it required sharing genetic information, leading to threats of suspension, an actual suspension without pay, and an erroneous second suspension letter. The WCJ found industrial psychiatric injury and awarded 24% permanent disability plus future medical care. Defendant sought reconsideration arguing the claim was barred by the good faith personnel action defense under Labor Code section 3208.3(h). The Appeals Board granted reconsideration, finding it unclear from preliminary review whether the existing record was sufficient to support the WCJ's decision, particularly given the PQME's failure to provide separate causation analysis for each date of injury and deferral of personnel-action findings to the trier of fact. The Board deferred issuance of a final decision pending further review of the merits and the entire record.