What the panel ordered
The Appeals Board approved the stipulation to withdraw all petitions related to attorney fee disputes and dismissed all petitions for removal and/or disqualification with prejudice; the order of consolidation was rescinded and matters returned to the trial level for further proceedings.
Petitions for removal and/or disqualification consolidated in multiple cases were removed to the Appeals Board en banc for study and resolution; parties stipulated to withdraw all petitions related to attorney fee disputes and requested dismissal with prejudice.
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold November 14, 2024, October 21, 2024, October 21, 2024, September 4, 2024.
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 parties stipulated to withdraw all petitions related to attorney fee disputes and requested dismissal with prejudice, which the Appeals Board approved, resolving the petitions for removal and disqualification.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The parties entered into stipulations resolving their underlying attorney fee dispute and requested dismissal with prejudice of all petitions for removal and/or disqualification related to the attorney fee dispute.
Favours Applicant prevailed
This stipulation led the Appeals Board to approve the withdrawal and dismiss the petitions with prejudice, resolving the dispute.
From the decision · page 1At the status conference, the parties entered into stipulations resolving their underlying attorney fee dispute in these matters and requesting dismissal with prejudice of all petitions for removal and/or disqualification in these matters as relates to their attorney fee dispute. We have reviewed the stipulations and as our Decision After Removal, we will issue orders approving the stipulation to withdraw the petitions, and order dismissal of all petitions for removal and/or disqualification pending in these matters. The parties' stipulation in the underlying attorney fee
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10325; City of Long Beach v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (Garcia) (2005) 126 Cal.App.4th 298, 316, fn. 5; Gee v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (2002) 96 Cal.App.4th 1418, 1424, fn. 6
En banc decisions of the Appeals Board are binding precedent on all Appeals Board panels and workers' compensation administrative law judges.
The Appeals Board issued this decision as an en banc decision, making it binding precedent.
From the decision · page 11 En banc decisions of the Appeals Board are binding precedent on all Appeals Board panels and workers' compensation administrative law judges. (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10325; City of Long Beach v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (Garcia) (2005) 126 Cal.App.4th 298, 316, fn. 5 [70 Cal.Comp.Cases 109]; Gee v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (2002) 96 Cal.App.4th 1418, 1424, fn. 6 [67 Cal.Comp.Cases 236].) This en banc decision is also adopted as a precedent decision pursuant to Government Code section 11425.60(b).
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