Jack Ueligitone — ADJ18573103

Applicant Jack Ueligitone sustained industrial injury to his bilateral feet and hernia while working for United Airlines (self-insured, administered by Sedgwick). The WCJ found applicant temporarily totally disabled from January 9, 2026 and ongoing, and imposed a 25% penalty under section 5814 for unreasonable delay plus $4,095 in attorney fees/costs under section 5813 for bad-faith conduct. Defendant sought reconsideration, arguing the WCJ erred by relying on the PTP over two AMEs who found applicant permanent and stationary. The Board affirmed the TTD award (finding the AME hernia reporting stale and no longer substantial evidence) but rescinded both the 25% section 5814 penalty and the section 5813 bad-faith fee award, holding the delay was based on genuine medical doubt (the AME opinions) and thus not unreasonable or bad-faith. The Board substituted a 10% self-executing penalty under section 4650(d) and a 15% attorney fee against the delayed TTD payments.