California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Mote v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., 56 Cal.App.4th 902, 65 Cal.Rptr.2d 806 (Cal. App. 1997):
Notice of intent to seek penalties does not per se constitute a separate and distinct act triggering penalties for failure to resume or begin payments prior to the hearing on the penalty claim. (Christian v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., supra, 15 Cal.4th at pp. 516-517, 63 Cal.Rptr.2d 336, 936 P.2d 115.)
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