Jose Luis Contreras — ADJ10788057

Cost petitioner Matrix Document Imaging, Inc., a medical-legal services provider, sought reconsideration of an October 15, 2020 Findings and Orders in which the WCJ found it failed to meet its burden of proving entitlement to payment and ordered it to take nothing, while also indicating defendant was entitled to Labor Code §5813 sanctions, costs, and fees. Matrix challenged, among other things, the WCJ's requirement that it prove applicant's employment status, the EOR issue, the correct identification of disputed invoices, and the §5813 sanctions. The Board granted reconsideration to study the issues and referred the parties to a commissioners' settlement conference. The parties executed an Agreement and Stipulation on September 29, 2022, mutually releasing all claims with prejudice and agreeing to vacate the WCJ's decision, each bearing its own costs. The Board approved the stipulation and vacated the October 15, 2020 Findings and Orders.