What the panel ordered
The WCJ's May 10, 2019 Findings and Orders are rescinded and the matter is returned to the trial level for further proceedings and decision by the WCJ.
The WCJ issued Findings and Orders on May 10, 2019, which were rescinded by the en banc Appeals Board decision on November 14, 2019, and the matter was returned to the trial level for further proceedings.
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 Appeals Board held that the lien claimant has the initial burden to prove compliance with sections 4620 and 4621, and the record was not sufficiently developed to decide the merits of the reasonableness and necessity of the copy services. The matter was remanded for further proceedings.
From the decision · page 719 4621(a). The record is not sufficiently developed for us to render a decision on the merits of this
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Lien claimant has the initial burden to prove compliance with Labor Code sections 4620 and 4621.