What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration dismissed as premature; matter returned to WCJ for further proceedings.
Applicant filed a Petition for Reconsideration of the June 14, 2023 Order Approving Compromise and Release (OACR). The WCAB dismissed the petition as premature and returned the matter to the trial level for further proceedings.
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 petition was dismissed as premature because the WCJ did not hold a hearing on the C&R and did not create a complete record, thus the parties must be given an opportunity to be heard and a hearing set to create a record for decision.
From the decision · page 1Applicant, in pro per1, seeks reconsideration of the June 14, 2023, Order Approving Compromise and Release (OACR) wherein the presiding workers' compensation administrative law judge (PWCJ) approved of the parties settlement agreement.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.