What the panel ordered
Petition for Disqualification dismissed as moot due to WCJ recusal and reassignment
Petition for Disqualification filed by defendant SIBTF
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 petition was dismissed as moot because the WCJ recused herself and the matter was reassigned.
From the decision · page 1Defendant SIBTF seeks disqualification of the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) based upon the allegation that the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) previously served as defense counsel in this matter.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The WCJ previously served as defense counsel in this matter.
Favours Defendant prevailed
This was the basis for the defendant SIBTF's petition for disqualification.