What the panel ordered
Petition for reconsideration granted; Findings and Award rescinded; matter returned to WCJ for further proceedingsp. 9
Applicant seeks reconsideration of WCJ's July 23, 2024 Findings and Award denying penalties, sanctions and costs; WCAB grants petition, rescinds decision, and returns matter to WCJ
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.
WCJ failed to cite evidence supporting finding that defendant did not unreasonably delay payment of permanent disability indemnity or section 4650(d) penalty; record insufficient to determine timeliness of payments or reasonableness of any delay
From the decision · page 73) if defendant delayed in making the payment, whether defendant paid the 10% statutory increase; and, 4) if defendant should have increased the retroactive permanent disability indemnity payments, but failed to do so, whether that delay was unreasonable pursuant to section 5814.