What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied.
Defendant State Compensation Insurance Fund filed a Petition for Reconsideration of the WCJ's Findings of Fact that WSPT Network is the owner of the lien for services rendered by Lo Acupuncture.
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold March 25, 2022.
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
The contract between WSPT Network and Lo Acupuncture established WSPT Network as the owner of the lien pursuant to Labor Code section 4903.8(a)(1)-(2).
From the decision · page 2We therefore concur with the WCJ that lien claimant produced a contract between itself and Lo Acupuncture establishing its contractual right to payment for the reasonable expense incurred by applicant at issue herein. (Lien Claimant Exh. 23, filed under seal (the Contract), at § 2(d), 4(f), and 9-11.) Thus, lien claimant was the "owner of the lien" pursuant to the definition of