What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied.
Petition for Reconsideration filed by lien claimant Beverly Hills Pharmacy was considered and denied by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board panel, adopting and incorporating the WCJ's Report and Opinion on Decision.
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 lien claimant failed to timely pay the lien activation fee as required by Labor Code section 4903.06(a)(1). The lien was dismissed by operation of law and with prejudice, barring refiling for the same services.
From the decision · page 3Beverly Hills Pharmacy filed an initial lien on August 22, 2011. Lien claimant on December 23, 2015 attempted to pay the activation fee. Lien claimant's activation fee payment attempt did not go through. DIR thereafter on January 1, 2016 emailed the lien claimant and advised them of this fact.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Lien claimant failed to timely pay the lien activation fee as required by Labor Code section 4903.06(a)(1).