What the panel ordered
The Appeals Board affirmed the WCJ's Findings, Award and Order Re: Lien of E&M Interpreting for services on June 20, 2006, and February 9, 2007, but deferred decision on the remainder of the lien for further proceedings consistent with the opinion.
Petition for reconsideration granted by the Appeals Board en banc to study the record and applicable law regarding interpreter lien claimant's entitlement to payment for interpreting services during medical treatment.
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
The Appeals Board held that the employer is required to provide reasonably required interpreter services during medical treatment appointments for an injured worker who cannot communicate in English, and that the interpreter lien claimant has the burden to prove the services were reasonably required and the fees were reasonable.
From the decision · page 22 1) pursuant to the employer's obligation under Labor Code section 46002 to provide
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.