Claimant Appeals Translator-Fee Denial

A Los Angeles woman has appealed a workers' compensation judge's denial of her lien for language-translator services, in part, because Korean-speaking doctors were available to her. The claimant filed a petition for reconsideration of Judge Gilbert Katen's decision in Michelle Chang vs. Manna Cake & Bakery, Zenith Ins. Co. (MON 0285998). Katen also has filed his response to the appeal petition. The judge ruled against the claimant on the contentious issue of compensability of interpreter services for medical treatment. He disallowed the lien of L.A. Language for the provision of Korean-lan...