What the panel ordered
Petition for reconsideration/removal denied.
Petition for reconsideration/removal of WCJ Findings of Fact denying removal of QME panel request was filed by defendant and denied by WCAB panel.
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.
Jurisdiction / venueDefendant prevailedcervical spine · lumbar spine · right knee · left wrist
The panel request was valid despite an incorrect date of injury because it contained the correct claim number, which is the primary identifier for a QME panel request under Rule 30. The Appeals Board emphasized substance over form and found no significant prejudice or irreparable harm from the date error.
From the decision · page 6With these principles in mind, we observe that the process by which a party may seek the issuance of a panel of QMEs is addressed in Rule 30 (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 30). Rule 30 requires that represented parties submit a request for a panel of QMEs electronically to the DWC Medical Unit, and that they identify the following elements:
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.