En Banc WCAB Rebukes Provider for 'Frivolous' Lien Claim

The California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board on Thursday issued an en banc decision rebuking a lien claimant for wasting the agency's time and resources with its frivolous pursuit of payment to which it was "utterly incapable" of proving its entitlement.The WCAB upheld a workers' compensation judge's decisions that the lien claimant's conduct was sanctionable, but remanded the case with instructions that the judge reconsider whether the $750 penalty initially imposed was adequate and whether others should be sanctioned as well. Workers' Compensation Judge Cra...