What the panel ordered
Order Approving Compromise and Release issued December 6, 2016, affirmed except amended to strike Natasha L. Wright as a liable defendant
Reconsideration granted to study factual and legal issues regarding Natasha L. Wright's status as a substantial shareholder under Labor Code section 3720.1
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 Appeals Board found good cause to amend the Order Approving Compromise and Release to strike Natasha L. Wright as a liable defendant because she was joined in error as a substantial shareholder under Labor Code section 3720.1, supported by a Certification of Cancellation of Lien Filed in Error signed by the Director.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Natasha L. Wright was joined and found liable in error as a substantial shareholder under Labor Code section 3720.1.
Favours Applicant prevailed
This fact justified the Board's amendment of the Order Approving Compromise and Release to strike Wright as a liable defendant.