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WCAB Errs in Finding Injured Worker's Request for QME Panel Premature

Monday, April 4, 2022 | 1

A California appellate court in an unpublished decision ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board erroneously found a worker’s request for a qualified medical evaluator panel to be premature. Rogelio Trigueros worked as a farm laborer for Gonzalez Ag. Inc. In April 2020, he filed a workers’ compensation claim for injury to his upper extremities, shoulders, arms, hand and fingers. On May 4, 2020, the employer’s insurance carrier mailed a notice regarding delay of workers’ compensation benefits from Missouri to Trigueros in California. On May 20, 2...

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