What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied; WCJ's findings of employment status and injury compensability affirmed.
Defendant petitioned for reconsideration of the WCJ's March 25, 2025 Findings of Fact and Orders regarding employment status and injury compensability; WCJ issued a Report and Recommendation to deny the petition; the Appeals Board timely acted on the petition on July 7, 2025.
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 wrist
Applicant's credible and unrebutted testimony showed defendant's control and supervision over work, and defendant failed to rebut presumption of employment under Labor Code section 2750.5 and Borello factors.
From the decision · page 1Defendant seeks reconsideration of the March 25, 2025, Findings of Fact and Orders (F&O) wherein the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) found, in relevant part, that the applicant was an employee of Portuguese Fraternal Society of America and SES Hall on March 29, 2018 when he sustained injury arising out of and in the course of employment to the left wrist. All other issues were deferred.