What the panel ordered
The WCAB affirmed the WCJ's Findings of Fact and Order except it amended the order to find Zurich's petition for contribution untimely as to temporary disability indemnity and medical treatment with Dr. Immerman from the February 16, 2016 Stipulations and Award.
Petition for reconsideration filed by Hampshire Insurance Company challenging the timeliness of Zurich America's petition for contribution.
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 petition for contribution was timely except as to temporary disability indemnity and medical treatment with Dr. Immerman from the February 16, 2016 Stipulations and Award, based on the case law requiring petitions within one year of the award.
From the decision · page 1Defendant Hampshire Insurance Company seeks reconsideration of the Findings of Fact & Order (F&O) issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on May 2, 2023, wherein the WCJ found that defendant Zurich America Insurance Company's petition for contribution was timely, except as to the award of temporary disability benefits in the Stipulation and Award of February 16, 2016.