Long Beach, CA
File #: 23-0550    Version: 1 Name: Mario Talavera
Type: Agenda Item Status: Approved
File created: 5/25/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 6/6/2023 Final action: 6/6/2023
Title: Recommendation to authorize the City Attorney to submit two Stipulations with Request for Award for approval by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, and if so approved, authority to pay 1) $27,695.00, and also 2) separate authority to pay $80,982.50 in compliance with the Appeals Board Order for Mario Talavera.
Sponsors: City Attorney
Attachments: 1. 06062023-C-12sr

TITLE

Recommendation to authorize the City Attorney to submit two Stipulations with Request for Award for approval by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, and if so approved, authority to

pay 1) $27,695.00, and also 2) separate authority to pay $80,982.50

in compliance with the Appeals Board Order for Mario Talavera.

 

DISCUSSION

Mario Talavera has made a claim for injuries allegedly sustained in the course of his employment with the City of Long Beach.  The Government Operations and Efficiency Committee on May 23, 2023, approved the submission to the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board of two Stipulations with Request for Award by the City and Mario Talavera, based upon a 1) a 24 percent disability rating, with provision for lifetime medical care as may be necessary, and 2) a 51 percent disability rating, with provision for lifetime medical care as may be necessary.

 

TIMING CONSIDERATIONS

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FISCAL IMPACT

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SUGGESTED ACTION

Approve recommendation.

 

BODY

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Respectfully Submitted,

DAWN MCINTOSH

CITY ATTORNEY