What the panel ordered
The WCAB denied the Petition for Reconsideration, affirming the WCJ's denial of sanctions against defendant for bad faith delay in payment.
Cost petitioner Physical Rehabilitation Services, Inc., and Arbi Mirzaians, D.C., sought reconsideration of the WCJ's Findings of Fact and Orders issued October 22, 2025, which denied sanctions against defendant for alleged bad faith delay in payment.
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 WCAB found no evidence that defendant's delays in payment were bad faith or frivolous, but rather routine errors, thus sanctions were not warranted.
From the decision · page 7After careful consideration of the record, we agree with the WCJ that cost petitioner failed to demonstrate that defendant's actions were frivolous or in bad faith so as to warrant sanctions pursuant to section 5813. Accordingly, we deny the Petition for Reconsideration.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.