Arias, Leticia

Lien claimant Medland Medical petitioned for reconsideration of a WCJ's September 19, 2025 Findings and Order that found applicant's cumulative trauma injury was not industrial and ordered the lien claimant take nothing on its medical treatment lien (though it awarded $2,015.00 in medical-legal services). The lien claimant argued substantial medical evidence established industrial injury. The Board granted reconsideration but deferred a final decision on the merits because it simultaneously issued a Notice of Intention to impose sanctions of up to $2,500.00 jointly and severally against the lien claimant and its representative Allen Haghighinia for filing petitions containing an apparently fabricated case citation ('Peoples v. WCAB (1971) 20 Cal.App.3d 567'). On the merits, the Board found the treating physician's report was not substantial medical evidence because the doctor expressly admitted he reviewed no medical records and requested records that were never forwarded.