WCAB Proposes More Sanctions for Alleged Abuse of Recon Petitions

The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board on Monday published two en banc decisions proposing additional sanctions against an attorney and a hearing representative who are already facing fines for allegedly filing frivolous petitions for reconsideration to delay trials. The WCAB in Hidalgo v. Roman Catholic Archbishop et al. provided notice of its intent to impose up to $7,500 in sanctions against both attorney Susan Garrett and hearing representative Lance Garrett for three instances in which commissioners said petitions for reconsideration were filed with the willful intent to disrupt o...