What the panel ordered
The WCAB panel dismissed all petitions for reconsideration as successive and/or untimely and admonished the applicant regarding potential vexatious litigant proceedings.
Applicant filed multiple petitions for reconsideration of prior WCAB orders and the WCJ's Findings and Order; the WCJ filed a Report and Recommendation to deny reconsideration; the WCAB panel considered the petitions and the WCJ's report.
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold November 7, 2025, November 12, 2024.
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 petitions for reconsideration were dismissed because they were successive and/or untimely, which is jurisdictionally barred under the Labor Code and relevant case law.
From the decision · page 1Applicant has filed multiple petitions seeking reconsideration of the "Opinion and Order Denying Petition for Disqualification" (Order) issued on November 7, 2025, by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board. Applicant further seeks reconsideration, in essence, of the entirety of the proceedings in this matter, which we have interpreted as seeking reconsideration of the "Opinion and Order Granting Petition for Reconsideration and Decision After Reconsideration" (Order) issued on November 12, 2024, by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, wherein we affirmed the WCJ's denial of applicant's petition to set aside the Order Approving Compromise and Release that issued in this matter. Applicant also filed a Petition for Reconsideration from the Minutes of Hearing and Summary of Evidence, dated April 8, 2024, which could also be construed as seeking reconsideration of the July 5, 2024 Findings and Order (F&O)..