Judge Consolidates Claims for Sanctions, Payment on Copy Service Bills

Consolidation proceedings before the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board have largely been used by payers against service providers, but an administrative law judge recently conjoined 13 cases to determine whether a payer should be sanctioned and ordered to pay attorneys fees and costs for allegedly failing to pay invoices submitted by a photocopy service firm. Gemini Duplication, a statewide copy service headquartered in Rocklin, said in its petition for consolidation, costs and sanctions that Zurich American Insurance Co., American Zurich Insurance Co. and Zurich Services C...