Katzin

Petitioner, Ezra Katzin, doing business as Professional Designers Company, petitioned for a writ of review regarding an order by respondent Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (Board) denying Katzin’s petition for reconsideration. Katzin had sought reconsideration of an order by the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) that Katzin pay approximately $15,400 in medical-legal expenses incurred by applicant, Janee Guerra. We issued a writ of review, and the Board has filed its return.

In the application, it had been alleged that applicant sustained a specific industrial injury to the right upper extremity. We conclude Katzin was denied due process because he did not receive notice that applicant was claiming she sustained other industrial injuries. We further conclude Katzin was denied due process because he did not receive adequate notice regarding most of the medical-legal lien claims and did not receive many of the medical reports. We therefore annul the Board’s order.

Facts

Applicant filed and served on Katzin an application in which she alleged she sustained an industrial injury to her right upper extremity on November 29, 1988, during her employment by the Professional…