What the panel ordered
Findings and Order of August 5, 2021, affirmed except that the finding sustaining applicant's objection to QME reporting is stricken
Petition for reconsideration granted to further study factual and legal issues; WCJ Findings and Order of August 5, 2021, under review
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.
AOE/COEApplicant prevailedleft shoulder · left elbow · neck · left arm · left hand · back
The presumption of compensability was affirmed because the defendant failed to rebut it with timely evidence, and the QME reports were excluded from evidence due to procedural issues.
From the decision · page 1The WCJ found, in pertinent part, that applicant sustained industrial injury on August 18, 2017, and that the injury was presumed industrial pursuant to Labor Code1 section 5402(b). The WCJ further sustained applicant's objection to the QME's reporting and excluded it from coming into evidence.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.