Waters v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

COOPER, J.

A workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) imposed a 10 percent increase or penalty on T. J. Waters’s temporary and permanent disability benefits pursuant to Labor Code 1 section 5814 because he found that each species of benefit was unreasonably delayed by defendants, Warner Constructors, Inc., and its insurance carrier, California Compensation Insurance Company. Defendants filed a petition for reconsideration with the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) appealing the 10 percent penalty imposed on the permanent disability benefits. 2 The WCAB granted reconsideration,…