What the panel ordered
Petition for reconsideration denied; petition for removal dismissed.
Petition for reconsideration of the Order Appointing New Joint Liaison Counsel issued by a WCJ on June 3, 2025, filed by State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) and denied by the WCAB panel on August 25, 2025.
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 petition was denied because SCIF failed to provide specific evidence supporting its claims and the legal arguments against its appointment as liaison counsel were previously rejected by the Appeals Board.
From the decision · page 1State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) seeks reconsideration of the Order Appointing New Joint Liaison Counsel (Order) issued by a workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on June 3, 2025.1 The WCJ ordered that SCIF and Travelers Property Casualty Company of America (Travelers) be appointed the new "Joint Liaison Counsel" in this consolidated proceeding and that together, counsel for SCIF and Travelers are to coordinate and conduct all discovery, serve all minutes of hearing, communicate with all other defendants regarding discovery plans as set forth in detail in California Rule of Court section 3.506 (Cal. Rule of Court, § 3.506) and in the Order.