Alcala & Associates

What they litigate

Disputed issues across the decisions this firm is named in. Every row opens the decisions it counts.

• Liens3
• AOE/COE1
• Medical treatment / UR / IMR1
• Penalties under Labor Code §58141

Where they appear

• Long Beach 3
• Anaheim 1
• Oakland 1
• Riverside 1
• Van Nuys 1

How the appealed decisions came out

These are decisions that were appealed and published — the tail of a system that mostly settles. Most claims end in a compromise and release or a stipulation and never reach a panel, so nothing below describes how this firm does its work. It describes how a set of appealed disputes came out.

• 3 for the defense
• 2 for the applicant
• 1 returned for more record

Counted over 6 appealed decisions. Not this firm’s book of work.

Decisions

Newest decisions this firm is named in, each with the passage the panel turned on and a link to the official PDF.

• ADJ13241358 · 2025-03-12 · Van Nuys District OfficeReconsideration / removaldefendant prevailed

  Determinative passage · p.1We have considered the allegations of the Petition for Removal and the contents of the report of the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) with respect thereto. Based on our review of the record, and for the reasons stated in the WCJ's report, which we adopt and incorporate, we will deny removal.

  Petitioner failed to show substantial prejudice or irreparable harm and did not prove reconsideration would be inadequate remedy, so removal denied.

  Official decision · page 1 →
• ADJ14413905 · 2023-12-20 · Oakland District OfficeReconsideration / removalapplicant prevailed

  Determinative passage · p.4As relevant in this case, the principles of due process require the issuance of a notice of intent (NIT) to dismiss a petition as a condition precedent to dismissal, thereby affording the interested party or parties an opportunity to be heard. (Fortich v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (Fortich) (1991) 233 Cal.App.3d 1449, 1452-1453 [56 Cal.Comp.Cases 537].) The Appeals Board has adopted various rules governing notices of intent that should be followed by WCJs. First, WCAB Rule 10755 provides:

  The WCJ failed to issue a required Notice of Intent (NIT) to dismiss the petition and to sanction the representative, violating due process. The WCAB granted reconsideration, rescinded the dismissal, and returned the matter for further proceedings with reassignment of the WCJ.

  Official decision · page 4 →
• ADJ2882050 · 2021-06-09 · Long Beach District OfficeReconsideration / removaldefendant prevailed

  Determinative passage · p.6The Petition for Disqualification was filed untimely on March 30, 2021. The basis for the petition is the allegation that this WCJ demonstrated an appearance of bias by disqualifying Lien Claimant's representative sua sponte and without prior notice to Petitioner or his client. This alleged ground for disqualification was known to Petitioner when he signed his Petition for Removal on November 19, 2020, as it comprises one of several arguments made in said petition. See Petition for Removal, supra, p. 15, lns. 23-28.] Since Petitioner was aware of the herein alleged ground for disqualification as early as November 19, 2020 (if not sooner at the Lien Trial on October 29, 2020), the Petition for Disqualification should have been filed no later than the end of November 2020 to be in compliance with the ten day filing requirement. (Cal. Regs., tit. 8, § 10960.) Instead, Petitioner waited over four months to file the Petition for Disqualification. As such, the filing of the Petition for Disqualification on March 30, 2021, was untimely and the petition should be denied accordingly.

  The Petition for Disqualification was filed more than four months after the petitioner became aware of the alleged grounds, exceeding the ten-day filing requirement under Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10960.

  Official decision · page 6 →

Also recorded as

The same firm is printed several ways across the decisions, and all of them were counted as one. This is every spelling behind the figures above.

• ALCALA & ASSOCIATES
• ALCALA ASSOCIATES

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