What the panel ordered
WCAB rescinded the WCJ Findings and Award of November 5, 2019, and approved the Stipulations With Request for Award filed April 29, 2021, including attorneys' fees and medical legal expenses.
Defendant SIBTF petitioned for reconsideration of the WCJ Findings and Award issued November 5, 2019; reconsideration was granted to study factual and legal issues; parties resolved claim by Stipulations With Request for Award filed April 29, 2021.
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 granted reconsideration to study the issues and concluded the stipulations were adequate and in the applicant's best interest, approving them and rescinding the prior WCJ award.
From the decision · page 1The defendant Subsequent Injuries Benefit Trust Fund (SIBTF) timely petitioned for reconsideration of the Findings and Award that was issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on November 5, 2019. We granted reconsideration to study the factual and legal issues in this matter.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The parties resolved the claim by Stipulations With Request for Award filed April 29, 2021.
Favours Applicant prevailed
The Board found the stipulations adequate and in the applicant's best interest, leading to approval and rescission of the prior WCJ award.
From the decision · page 1Following their participation in a commissioners' settlement conference set at our request, applicant and SIBTF resolved applicant's claim against SIBTF by Stipulations With Request for Award. The stipulations were filed on April 29, 2021.
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, 10700
WCAB Rule 10700
The Board inquired into the adequacy of the stipulations and approved them as in the applicant's best interest.
Labor Code section 5100.5
Attorney fee allowance under Labor Code section 5100.5
The attorneys' fee requested was found reasonable and allowed as part of the award.
From the decision · page 1We also conclude that the attorneys' fee requested is reasonable and should be allowed. Therefore, as our Decision After Reconsideration, we approve the Stipulations With Request for Award.
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