Deperoni, Steven, Applicant v. SUBSEQUENT INJURIES BENEFITS TRUST FUND, Defendants

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
STEVEN DEPERONI1, Applicant
vs.
SUBSEQUENT INJURIES BENEFITS TRUST FUND, Defendants
Adjudication Number: ADJ8860260
Santa Barbara District Office
OPINION AND DECISION
AFTER RECONSIDERATION
It has come to the attention of the Appeals Board that, while this matter has been pending
on reconsideration, the parties have reached a proposed settlement.
Since the District Office is precluded from acting on a case while it is pending on
reconsideration (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10961), in order to permit review by the workers’
compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) of the proposed settlement, we will rescind the
decision from which reconsideration is sought and return this matter to the trial level for the WCJ
to consider the proposed settlement. If the WCJ does not approve the settlement, the WCJ may
issue an order reinstating the original decision and any aggrieved person may timely seek
reconsideration from the reinstated decision. This is not a final decision on the merits of any of the
issues pending on reconsideration.
1 In our Opinion and Order Granting Reconsideration of May 23, 2023, we inadvertently referred to applicant in our
caption as “Steve” rather than “Steven.” While we do not issue an order correcting clerical error at this time, we note
that “The Appeals Board or a Workers’ Compensation Judge may correct a clerical error at any time and without
necessity for further hearings, notwithstanding the lapse of the statutory period for filing a petition for
reconsideration.” (Toccalino v. Workers’ Comp. Appeals Bd. (1982) 128 Cal.App.3d 543, 558, [47 Cal.Comp.Cases
145] internal citation omitted.)

2
For the foregoing reasons,
IT IS ORDERED as the Decision After Reconsideration of the Workers’ Compensation
Appeals Board that the WCJ’s decision of March 9, 2023 is RESCINDED and this matter is
RETURNED to the trial level for further proceedings and decision by the WCJ.
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD
/s/ KATHERINE WILLIAMS DODD, COMMISSIONER
I CONCUR,
/s/ JOSÉ H. RAZO, COMMISSIONER
/s/ CRAIG L. SNELLINGS, COMMISSIONER
DATED AND FILED AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
November 25, 2025
SERVICE MADE ON THE ABOVE DATE ON THE PERSONS LISTED BELOW AT
THEIR ADDRESSES SHOWN ON THE CURRENT OFFICIAL ADDRESS RECORD.
STEVEN DEPERONI
GHITTERMAN, GHITTERMAN & FELD
STOCKWELL, HARRIS, WOOLVERTON & HELPHREY
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, LEGAL UNIT-LOS ANGELES
AS/mc I certify that I affixed the official seal of
the Workers’ Compensation Appeals
Board to this original decision on this
date. 	o.o