What the panel ordered
The WCAB panel denied the defendant's petition for reconsideration and upheld the WCJ's findings of fact.
Defendant sought reconsideration of the Findings of Fact issued by the WCJ on March 15, 2022, which was denied by the WCAB panel on June 8, 2022.
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.
Psyche AOE/COEApplicant prevailednervous system · psyche
The WCJ and WCAB found credible testimony and medical evidence supporting that the psychiatric injury was caused by actual events of employment, rejecting defendant's argument that the injury claim was barred or based on lawful personnel actions.
From the decision · page 1Defendant seeks reconsideration of the Findings of Fact issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on March 15, 2022, wherein the WCJ found in pertinent part that applicant sustained injury to his nervous system/psyche arising out of and occurring in the course of employment (AOE/COE), that applicant's injury claim was not barred by the provisions of Labor Code section 3208.3(h), and that the issues of permanent disability/ apportionment and attorney fees were deferred.