Angelica Juarez — ADJ11710208

Angelica Juarez, a 61-year-old assembler, alleged she sustained injury to her neck, low back, and left knee from a fall off a stepstool on 11/8/18; the claim was denied by the employer. The WCJ found applicant did not sustain injury AOE/COE based largely on adverse credibility determinations stemming from numerous inconsistencies in her account of the mechanism of injury, a treating physician's notation of histrionic behavior and findings inconsistent with history, the unwitnessed nature of the incident, and site photographs casting doubt on her version of events. Applicant petitioned for reconsideration, arguing the Court erred in its credibility findings. The WCAB adopted and incorporated the WCJ's report, gave great weight to the WCJ's credibility determinations under Garza, and found no evidence of considerable substantiality warranting rejection of those determinations. The petition was denied.