What the panel ordered
WCJ's decision affirmed; Petition for Reconsideration denied
Petition for Reconsideration granted to study factual and legal issues; WCJ Findings of Fact and Order of January 2, 2020 reviewed
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.
AOE/COEDefendant prevailedarms · fingers · chest · other body systems
The panel QME's medical opinion established that the applicant contracted HIV many years before the claimed date of injury, making the claim for industrial injury arising from exposure during employment unsupported.
From the decision · page 6The applicant appears to be extremely focused on the mechanism of exposure. Dr. Allems, a toxicology, occupational and environmental medicine, and internal medicine specialist who was acting as panel QME following the panel selection process for a represented applicant, opined as to the time lines supported by the applicant's medical testing.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.