What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied; WCJ Findings and Order that panel no. 7464239 is not valid is affirmed.
Petition for Removal filed by defendant seeking removal of WCJ Findings of Fact and Order invalidating QME panel no. 7464239; WCJ Report recommended denial of removal petition; WCAB panel denies removal petition.
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 WCJ and WCAB found defendant's July 7, 2021 objection letter invalid because it did not include the mandatory QME panel request form required by sections 4061(c) and 4062(a), invalidating the subsequent QME panel request and panel no. 7464239.
From the decision · page 2The WCJ issued the F&O on March 5, 2022, finding "Panel no. 7464239 is not valid." (Findings of Fact No. 3.) Defendant filed a Petition for Removal on April 4, 2022, averring "the
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.