What the panel ordered
July 31, 2024 Joint Findings and Award rescinded; matter returned to WCJ to consider Compromise and Release and for further proceedings as appropriate.
Petition for Reconsideration filed by defendant regarding WCJ's July 31, 2024 decision; WCAB issued interim order granting petition and encouraged mediation; parties reached settlement and returned matter to WCJ for settlement review.
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold November 7, 2024.
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 findings on permanent disability and apportionment were not ruled on the merits because the parties settled and the matter was returned to the WCJ for settlement review.
From the decision · page 1Defendant filed a Petition for Reconsideration (Petition) of the Joint Findings of Fact and Award issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) in this matter on July 31, 2024.