What the panel ordered
Reconsideration granted on Board motion to correct panel; prior decision rescinded; Petition for Reconsideration/Removal denied.
Petition for reconsideration/removal of a WCJ decision including a threshold issue; Board granted reconsideration on its own motion to correct panel composition and substituted a new decision.
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 WCJ's decision included a threshold issue, making it a final order subject to reconsideration, but the petition only challenged an interlocutory finding. The Board applied the removal standard and found no significant prejudice or irreparable harm, nor that reconsideration would be inadequate.
From the decision · page 2Here, the WCJ's decision includes a finding regarding a threshold issue. Accordingly, the WCJ's decision is a final order subject to reconsideration rather than removal.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.