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 facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The WCJ found defendants engaged in bad faith actions or tactics under Labor Code section 5813.
Favours Applicant prevailed
This finding triggered mandatory sanctions under WCAB Rule 10786(i)(1).
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Labor Code section 5813
Labor Code section 5813
Authorizes sanctions for bad-faith actions or tactics that are frivolous or solely intended to cause unnecessary delay.
From the decision · page 4Section 5813 provides that "[t]he workers' compensation referee or appeals board may order a party, the party's attorney, or both, to pay any reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees and costs, incurred by another party as a result of bad-faith actions or tactics that are frivolous or solely intended to cause unnecessary delay." (Lab. Code, § 5813(a).)