What the panel ordered
Order of WCJ taking matter off calendar on February 23, 2023 rescinded; matter returned to WCJ for further proceedings consistent with parties' stipulation.
Petition for removal of the WCJ's order taking the matter off calendar was filed by applicant and denied by WCJ; reconsideration granted to study jurisdictional issue; parties stipulated to remand for further proceedings.
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 was granted because the WCJ's finding on lack of jurisdiction was a threshold issue requiring further study.
From the decision · page 11 Commissioner Dodd, who was previously a member of this panel, is currently unavailable. Another panelist has been substituted in her place. 2 Reconsideration was granted of the petition for removal since the WCJ's finding on the Minutes regarding lack of jurisdiction is a threshold issue.. (See, Capital Builders Hardware, Inc. v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (Gaona) (2016) 5 Cal.App.5th 658, 662 [81 Cal.Comp.Cases 1122].)
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.