Cordoba, Roger

Applicant Roger Cordoba, through his attorney, sought reconsideration of a WCJ's June 17, 2025 Findings and Order that denied his petition for sanctions and attorney's fees against defendant Security National (Safety National) and instead issued a Notice of Intent to Issue Sanctions (NIT) against applicant's own attorney, Nadeem Makada. The underlying dispute arose after Security National filed an application alleging a cumulative trauma claim against applicant for an Aramark employment period, which applicant moved to dismiss and to sanction defendant for filing. The WCAB granted reconsideration and rescinded the F&O (including the NIT), finding the record incomplete because the WCJ improperly bifurcated and never resolved the dismissal issue before addressing sanctions, without any showing of good cause for bifurcation. The Board held the determination of whether the application should be dismissed is integral to deciding whether it was filed in good or bad faith. The matter was returned to the trial level for further proceedings on a complete record.