What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied
Petition for Reconsideration filed by Defendant regarding May 13, 2021 WCJ Findings of Fact
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 injury arose out of and in the course of employment under the special activity exception to the going and coming rule, as the employer benefits from employees having access to vehicles for travel between job sites, and the injury occurred during such travel.
From the decision · page 1the applicant, alleges injury resulting in Death occurred on December 12, 2018, while employed by the City and County of San Francisco. At the time of the Applicant's death the employer was permissibly self-insured.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The Applicant was driving his vehicle on a route between fire stations when the fatal accident occurred.