What the panel ordered
Findings of Fact and Order issued by the WCJ on March 26, 2020 were rescinded; Compromise and Release agreement was approved.
Applicant timely petitioned for reconsideration of the Findings of Fact and Award issued by the WCJ on March 26, 2020; reconsideration was granted to study factual and legal issues.
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 Board found the settlement amount adequate and in the applicant's best interest, and the attorneys' fee reasonable, thus approving the Compromise and Release and rescinding the prior Findings of Fact and Award.
From the decision · page 1Applicant timely petitioned for reconsideration of the Findings of Fact and Award issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on March 26, 2020. We granted reconsideration to study the factual and legal issues presented.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.