What the panel ordered
The July 31, 2020 Findings and Award is affirmed.
Petition for Reconsideration filed by defendant PT Gaming, administered by Gallagher Bassett, was granted to study legal and factual issues; WCJ prepared a Report and Recommendation on Petition for Reconsideration recommending denial; WCAB adopted and incorporated the WCJ Report and affirmed the July 31, 2020 Findings and Award.
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 WCAB found that the applicant did sustain an injury causing permanent partial disability and is entitled to a SJDB voucher. The compromise and release did not settle the SJDB voucher issue, and the applicant's voluntary resignation does not affect entitlement. The statutory prohibition on settlement of the SJDB voucher was upheld.
From the decision · page 1Defendant seeks reconsideration of the July 31, 2020 Findings and Award, wherein the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) found that applicant, while employed as a gaming table associate from September 4, 2014 to September 4, 2015, sustained injury arising out of and occurring in the course of employment and that the Compromise and Release by the parties did not abrogate applicant's right to a supplemental job displacement benefits voucher (SJDB).