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Stephen McCarty — ADJ2919928

STEPHEN MCCARTY, Applicant vs. FCI CONSTRUCTORS; ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants

ADJ number
ADJ2919928
Decision date
Mar 8, 2023
District office
Santa Ana
WCJ
—
Claim administrator
Zurich American Insurance Company
Commissioners
KATHERINE A. ZALEWSKI, CHAIR, ANNE SCHMITZ, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, CRAIG SNELLINGS, COMMISSIONER

Injury / body parts: spine, head, bilateral upper extremities, lower extremities (paralysis), psyche, bladder, bowel

LC §133LC §3202LC §4553LC §5307.5LC §5407LC §5900LC §5902LC §5903CCR §10382CCR §10955

Summary

Applicant Stephen McCarty suffered serious industrial injuries in 2001 while working for FCI Constructors and filed a Petition for Increase in Compensation Due to Serious and Willful Misconduct (S&W Petition) as well as a Petition for Joinder of various related entities, including Flatiron West, Inc. (FWI). At the September 21, 2021 hearing set only on the joinder issue, both FCI and FWI sought dismissal of the S&W Petition as untimely under Labor Code section 5407's twelve-month statute of limitations. The WCJ declined to rule on the S&W statute of limitations defense at that hearing, deferred the issue, and took it off calendar via a nunc pro tunc order, having joined no parties. FWI and FCI sought reconsideration or removal. The Board vacated its prior order granting reconsideration, dismissed the petitions for reconsideration because the WCJ's order was not final, and denied removal because no substantial prejudice or irreparable harm was shown.

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