Bessie Triplett — ADJ12518731, ADJ12518707, ADJ12518708

Applicant Bessie Triplett, in pro per, sought reconsideration of three OACRs approving three separate Compromise and Releases (C&Rs) covering three claimed industrial injuries while working as a sales consultant. She contended that she did not understand what she was signing and that her attorney had reopened a case she had canceled. The Board found that the WCJ failed to determine the adequacy of the settlements as required by 8 CCR 10700, particularly because the parties submitted no medical reports at all, the C&Rs contained illegible Paragraph nine provisions, unexplained credits, internal contradictions between the form and addenda, and an impermissible settlement of supplemental job displacement benefits. The Board rescinded all three OACRs and returned the matters to the trial level, recommending the WCJ hold a hearing to take evidence on adequacy.