What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted solely to amend the finding of injury in the form of psyche; otherwise, Findings and Order affirmed, applicant takes nothing due to good faith personnel actions being substantial cause of psychiatric injury.
Petition for Reconsideration filed by applicant, partially granted to amend finding of injury in the form of psyche, otherwise affirming Findings and Order.
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 applicant sustained a psychiatric injury from employment, but the injury was substantially caused (40%) by lawful, nondiscriminatory, good faith personnel actions by the employer, barring compensation under Labor Code section 3208.3(h).
From the decision · page 1We have considered the allegations of the applicant's in pro per Petition for Reconsideration, the contents of the report of the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) with respect thereto, and the contents of the WCJ's Opinion on Decision. Based on our review of the record, and for the reasons stated in the WCJ's report, findings & opinion, and opinion on decision, which are both adopted and incorporated herein, we will grant reconsideration solely to amend the finding of injury in the form of psyche and admit Exhibit 9, which the WCJ relied on in coming to his decision, and otherwise affirm the Findings and Order.