Section 4651.3 Of Article 3. Disability Payments From California Labor Code >> Division 4. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 3.
4651.3
. Where a petition is filed with the appeals board pursuant
to the provisions of Section 4651.1, and is subsequently denied
wholly by the appeals board, the board may determine the amount of
attorney's fees reasonably incurred by the applicant in resisting the
petition and may assess such reasonable attorney's fees as a cost
upon the party filing the petition to decrease or terminate the award
of the appeals board.