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Madero, Marco

MARCO MADERO, Applicant vs. FOSTER FARMS, permissibly self-insured, administered by GALLAGHER BASSETT, Defendants

ADJ number
ADJ13400126
Decision date
Aug 3, 2023
District office
Los Angeles
WCJ
—
Claim administrator
Gallagher Bassett (administrator for Foster Farms, permissibly self-insured)
Commissioners
KATHERINE WILLIAMS DODD, COMMISSIONER, JOSEPH V. CAPURRO, COMMISSIONER

Injury / body parts: psyche, head, headaches, sleep disorder, internal organs, neck, back, hands, feet

LC §3208.3LC §3208.1LC §5313LC §5701LC §5900LC §5902LC §5903CCR §10761CCR §10787

Summary

Applicant Marco Madero, a plant supervisor, alleged a cumulative psychiatric injury arising from interactions with his supervisor between June 6, 2019 and March 13, 2020. The WCJ's May 10, 2023 F&O found five actual events of employment, deemed three to be lawful, nondiscriminatory good faith personnel actions, and ordered the PQME to issue a supplemental report on whether applicant had a DSM diagnosis and whether the injury was predominantly industrial. The Board treated applicant's petition as one for reconsideration because the AOE/COE determination is a threshold issue. The Board found the WCJ improperly applied the Rolda analysis by addressing the good-faith personnel action defense before determining industrial causation, even though she had found the medical record insufficient on causation. The Board rescinded the F&O and returned the matter for development of the record and a new decision properly applying Rolda.

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