What the panel ordered
Findings, Award, and Order issued by WCJ on July 24, 2003 affirmed
Petition for reconsideration granted to further study factual and legal issues; decision after reconsideration issued affirming WCJ's Findings, Award, and Order dated July 24, 2003
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.
From the decision · page 121 the WCJ determined in substance: (1) because the applicant was performing work for which a
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Applicant performed work requiring a contractor's license without having one, making him an employee under Labor Code section 2750.5.
Favours Applicant prevailed
This fact established applicant's employee status for workers' compensation purposes.