What the panel ordered
Petition for Removal dismissed
Petition for Removal of the Order Suspending Action filed by Applicant and later withdrawn
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.
Petition was withdrawn and a new Compromise and Release agreement was approved, so the petition was dismissed.
From the decision · page 1applicant, by and through his attorney of record, filed a Petition for Removal of the Order Suspending Action Re: Compromise and Release issued by the Workers Compensation Judge (WCJ) on July 31, 2023 in this matter. Petitioner alleges that the WCJ's Order suspending action for failure to sign the settlement with wet signatures causes irreparable harm and significant prejudice to the applicant.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Petition for Removal of the Order Suspending Action was withdrawn by petitioner on December 18, 2023