What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted; original Findings and Award rescinded; new findings substituted; matter returned to trial level for further proceedings on attorney's fees and life pension calculation.
Applicant sought reconsideration of the Amended Findings and Award issued by the WCJ on December 29, 2022, challenging the commutation of attorney's fees from the life pension.
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 WCJ erroneously commuted the entire attorney's fee from the life pension, but the DEU calculation and parties' joint request specified a split between PD award and life pension commutation, leading to granting reconsideration and new findings.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Favours Applicant prevailed
This split was overlooked by the WCJ who commuted the entire fee from the life pension, leading to the grant of reconsideration and new findings.