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Bragg, Alason

ALASON L. BRAGG, Applicant vs. GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; ADMINSURE, Defendants

ADJ number
ADJ16695855
Decision date
Date unavailable
District office
Van Nuys
WCJ
Adam D. Graff
Claim administrator
Adminsure
Commissioners
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Injury / body parts: chest, rib cage, neck, upper back, left shoulder, head

LC §4600LC §5710

Summary

Applicant Alason Bragg was injured on July 22, 2022, when a coworker pushed a clothing rack into the rack she was working on, knocking her backwards into a wire cage (mutt) and striking her chest, neck, upper back, and left shoulder. Defendant denied the claim as fraudulent based on surveillance video, but the WCJ found the video submitted into evidence did not actually depict the injurious incident, and notably defendant's own loss prevention witness testified he saw a coworker push a rack into another rack, which was not shown on the admitted footage. The WCJ found injury AOE/COE, awarded medical treatment, and imposed $500 in costs and $750 in sanctions against defendant for willfully refusing to pay Labor Code §5710 deposition fees on an unsupported fraud allegation. On reconsideration, a three-commissioner panel adopted and incorporated the WCJ's report and denied the Petition for Reconsideration.

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