Lien Rep: Decision Allows Interpreters to Collect Under LC 5811

A panel decision issued by the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board late last month clarified that interpreters are entitled to compensation for time spent at trial and at hearings, even in a case where the administrative law judge found that the claimant was not an employee, a lien representative said.The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's decision in Villegas v. Campos Tacos, et al., allowed an interpreter to collect for hearing and trial time despite the finding against the claimant. The full case title is Aaron Villegas v. Campos Tacos, et al., No. ADJ908115, 1/28/...