What the panel ordered
Petition for reconsideration granted; final decision deferred pending further review of the merits.
LRA Interpreters, Inc. (cost petitioner) sought reconsideration of the WCJ's Findings and Order (June 12, 2025, amended June 19, 2025) regarding interpreter service fees. The WCAB granted reconsideration and deferred a final decision pending further review.
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 WCAB granted reconsideration to further review whether interpreter services for deposition preparation and C&R reading were properly compensated, whether the interpreter was qualified, and whether the market rate was established. The final decision is deferred pending further review.
From the decision · page 1LRA Interpreters, Inc., (cost petitioner) seeks reconsideration of the Findings and Order (F&O) issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on June 12, 2025, and amended on June 19, 2025 for a scrivener's error, wherein the WCJ found in pertinent part that: the June 7, 2023 date of service for the interpretation of the compromise and release (C&R) falls under AD Rule 9795.3(b)(2) (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 9795.3(b)(2))1 and cost petitioner was adequately compensated by defendant; the June 6, 2024 date of service for deposition preparation does not fall under AD Rule 9795.3(7)(b)(1), but under AD Rule 9795.3(b)(2); cost petitioner did not meet its burden in establishing market rate; the existing certification of the interpreter is deemed insufficient; and the billing is deemed satisfied.