What the panel ordered
The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board affirmed the April 22, 2022 Findings of Fact, Order and Award, denying the petition for reconsideration.
Petition for reconsideration filed by defendant City and County of San Francisco challenging the Findings of Fact, Order and Award filed by the workers' compensation arbitrator on April 22, 2022.
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 applicant's claim was timely filed within the five-year statute of limitations under Labor Code section 5410 because the employer voluntarily furnished benefits, which tolled the one-year statute of limitations under section 5405 and triggered the five-year period for new and further disability claims.
From the decision · page 1Defendant City and County of San Francisco seeks reconsideration of the Findings of Fact, Order and Award (F, O and A) filed by a workers' compensation arbitrator (WCA) on April 22, 2022. In that decision, the WCA found that applicant's claim for worker's compensation benefits is not barred by the one-year statute of limitations of Labor Code section1 5405 because the five- year statute of limitations of section 5410 applies to the facts of applicant's case. The WCA thereby made a finding, order, and award that applicant's claim was timely and allowed.