Loyola, Irma

Cost Petitioner Mina Thorlaksson Interpreting & Translating provided interpreting services at a June 15, 2021 MSC, morning and afternoon trial sessions on August 19, 2021, and a post-trial Compromise & Release translation at applicant's attorney's office. Defendant partially paid two invoices and disputed jurisdiction, the number of services rendered, and the interpreter's claimed $300 market rate. The WCJ issued orders for the outstanding balances under Labor Code section 5811, and Defendant petitioned for reconsideration. The WCAB denied reconsideration, adopting and incorporating the WCJ's Report and Opinion on Decision, giving great weight to the WCJ's credibility determinations under Garza. The Board held that legal/court interpreting services are governed differently from medical interpreting, so no second bill review was required, and that the interpreter credibly established her $300 market rate.