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Aguilar, Lauriano

LAURIANO AGUILAR, Applicant vs. B&S PLASTICS dba WATERWAY PLASTICS; SAFETY NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY, administered by TRISTAR RISK MANAGEMENT, Defendants

ADJ number
ADJ16655371
Decision date
Feb 26, 2024
District office
Pomona
WCJ
—
Claim administrator
TRISTAR Risk Management (administering for Safety National Casualty Company)
Commissioners
JOSÉ H. RAZO, COMMISSIONER, JOSEPH V. CAPURRO, COMMISSIONER, KATHERINE A. ZALEWSKI, CHAIR

Injury / body parts: face, right shoulder

LC §3600LC §3208.3LC §5400LC §5411LC §5412LC §3202.5

Summary

Applicant Lauriano Aguilar claimed a specific injury to his face and right shoulder on July 11, 2022, while employed as an assembler at B&S Plastics dba Waterway Plastics. The employee separation form showed a layoff date of July 22, 2022, and applicant's DWC-1 claim was dated August 20, 2022 and filed in EAMS on September 7, 2022—after the layoff. The WCJ found defense witness Carlos Mora more credible than applicant and concluded applicant did not establish notice of injury prior to layoff. The WCAB granted reconsideration to amend the decision to reflect that compensation is barred under Labor Code section 3600(a)(10) (post-termination defense), and otherwise affirmed. The Board accorded great weight to the WCJ's credibility determinations under Garza and found no exception to the post-termination bar applied.

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