What the panel ordered
The WCAB denies applicant's Petition for Reconsideration filed after the February 18, 2025 order, concluding the defendant's Petition for Reconsideration was timely filed and the Board has jurisdiction to review it.
Applicant seeks reconsideration of the Opinion and Order Granting Reconsideration issued by the WCAB on February 18, 2025, which granted defendant's Petition for Reconsideration and deferred final decision pending further review.
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold February 18, 2025, October 20, 2023.
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 defendant's Petition for Reconsideration was timely filed within the extended 30-day period after service of the Findings and Award, and the Appeals Board has jurisdiction to consider it despite lack of notice of transmission to parties.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.