Quintanilla, Rosalba

Cost petitioner LG Interpreting provided translation and review services of applicant's deposition transcript, billing defendant $285.00, of which defendant paid $175.00. LG Interpreting sought additional payment plus attorney fees and costs alleging bad faith and frivolous tactics. The WCJ found the cost petitioner was entitled to an additional $182.00 based on the 2014 Los Angeles Superior Court interpreter fee schedule under 8 CCR 9795.3(b)(1), but held defendant did not engage in bad faith or frivolous tactics; the WCJ admitted certain exhibits and excluded others (109-115). Both defendant and the cost petitioner sought reconsideration—defendant arguing the judge ignored its trial brief and applied the wrong rate, and the cost petitioner arguing the excluded evidence and new evidence were material to bad faith. The WCAB adopted and incorporated the WCJ's report and denied both petitions.