What the panel ordered
Partial Findings of Fact, Award and Order issued August 26, 2024, rescinded; matter remanded to WCJ for further proceedings consistent with opinion
Applicant petitioned for reconsideration of Partial Findings of Fact, Award and Order issued by WCJ on August 26, 2024; reconsideration granted; parties settled by compromise and release; matter remanded to WCJ for further proceedings
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold February 4, 2025.
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
The WCAB granted reconsideration to study the issues, but the parties settled by compromise and release, leading to rescission of the prior decision and remand for further proceedings.
From the decision · page 1Applicant timely petitioned for reconsideration of the Partial Findings of Fact, Award and Order issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on August 26, 2024. We granted reconsideration to study the factual and legal issues in this matter.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Applicant timely petitioned for reconsideration of the Partial Findings of Fact, Award and Order issued August 26, 2024
Favours Applicant prevailed
This triggered the reconsideration process and review by the WCAB panel
From the decision · page 1Applicant timely petitioned for reconsideration of the Partial Findings of Fact, Award and Order issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on August 26, 2024. We granted reconsideration to study the factual and legal issues in this matter.
Parties settled the matter by filing an executed compromise and release and stipulations on November 12, 2025
Favours neutral
Settlement led to rescission of prior decision and remand for further proceedings
From the decision · page 1Following the parties' participation in a commissioners' settlement conference set at our request, the parties settled this matter by filing an executed compromise and release and stipulations with request for award on November 12, 2025.
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Labor Code provisions governing reconsideration and settlement approval
Applied to grant reconsideration and approve settlement leading to remand
From the decision · page 1Applicant timely petitioned for reconsideration of the Partial Findings of Fact, Award and Order issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on August 26, 2024. We granted reconsideration to study the factual and legal issues in this matter.
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