What the panel ordered
Petition for reconsideration/removal is denied.
Petition for reconsideration/removal of a WCJ decision including threshold and interlocutory issues; WCAB reviewed the petition and WCJ's report.
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's decision included threshold issues making it final and subject to reconsideration, but the petition only challenged interlocutory findings; the removal standard applies and petitioner did not show significant prejudice or irreparable harm.
From the decision · page 4the merits of the petitioner's arguments, we are not persuaded that significant prejudice or irreparable harm will result if removal is denied and/or that reconsideration will not be an adequate remedy.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The WCJ's decision included findings on employment and injury AOE/COE, which are threshold issues making the decision final and subject to reconsideration.