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Diane Frankel — ADJ6938596

DIANE FRANKEL, Applicant vs. COTTAGE HEALTH SYSTEM, permissibly self-insured, adjusted by SEDGWICK, Defendants

ADJ number
ADJ6938596
Decision date
May 10, 2021
District office
Oxnard
WCJ
—
Claim administrator
Sedgwick (administering for Cottage Health System, permissibly self-insured)
Commissioners
JOSÉ H. RAZO, COMMISSIONER, KATHERINE A. ZALEWSKI, CHAIR, KATHERINE WILLIAMS DODD, COMMISSIONER
LC §5909LC §5900LC §5902LC §5903CCR §10843CCR §10955

Summary

Defendant Cottage Health System (self-insured, adjusted by Sedgwick) filed a Petition for Reconsideration and/or Removal challenging the WCJ's January 7, 2021 decision. The Appeals Board first addressed timeliness under Labor Code section 5909, finding its failure to act within 60 days was due to procedural error and the time to act was tolled under Shipley. The Board determined the WCJ's decision resolved only intermediate procedural/evidentiary issues and was not a 'final' order subject to reconsideration, so it dismissed the petition to that extent. The Board also denied removal, finding defendant failed to show substantial prejudice or irreparable harm, particularly because no decision had yet issued regarding enforcement of the 2020 Stipulation and Award/Order.

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