Rocha Sanchez, Gonzalo

Defendant State Compensation Insurance Fund petitioned for reconsideration of a May 26, 2023 Findings of Fact and Award in which the WCJ found that applicant Gonzalo Rocha Sanchez sustained injury to his head, nose, and right shoulder and awarded continued medical treatment at the Occupational Transitional Living Center Day Program with a Spanish interpreter under Patterson v. The Oaks Farm. Defendant argued the WCJ erred in failing to reassign the case to the prior trial WCJ, in not permitting completion of a pre-trial conference statement, and in not finding that IMR was the applicant's sole remedy following a timely denial of the RFA. The Board granted reconsideration and, at its request, the parties participated in a commissioners' settlement conference, ultimately reaching a Compromise and Release on November 14, 2023. To expedite review of the settlement, the Board rescinded the May 26, 2023 decision and remanded the matter to the WCJ. The Board expressly declined to rule on the merits of the petition.