What the panel ordered
May 31, 2022 Joint Findings and Award rescinded; case remanded to WCJ for further proceedings on Compromise and Release
Petitions for reconsideration filed by Employers Compensation Insurance Company and Oak River Insurance Company; reconsideration granted; case remanded to WCJ to consider Compromise and Release
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.
Reconsideration granted to study factual and legal issues; settlement filed during reconsideration; WCJ precluded from approving settlement while case pending on reconsideration; decision rescinds prior award and remands to WCJ to consider settlement and further proceedings.
From the decision · page 1Defendant, Employers Compensation Insurance Company, and defendant, Oak River Insurance Company, each petitioned for reconsideration of the Joint Findings and Award issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) in this matter on May 31, 2022.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.