What the panel ordered
The Appeals Board granted defendant's petition for reconsideration, rescinded the July 18, 2025 Order Imposing Sanctions and Costs, and returned the matter to the trial level for further proceedings.
Defendant petitioned for reconsideration of the Order Imposing Sanctions and Costs issued by the WCJ on July 18, 2025, which was granted by the Appeals Board, rescinding the order and returning 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 Appeals Board treated the petition as a request for relief from default judgment of sanctions and costs due to mistake, inadvertence, or excusable neglect, and returned the matter to the trial level for further proceedings without ruling on the merits of the sanctions order.
From the decision · page 5Here, it appears that defendant failed to appear for an expedited hearing, failed to respond to an order to show cause, and failed to respond to a notice of intention to impose sanctions and costs. We have treated defendant's Petition for Reconsideration as a request for relief from what is essentially a default judgment of sanctions and costs on the grounds of mistake, inadvertence, or excusable neglect. (See Code Civ. Proc., § 473(b).) We will return this to the trial level to evaluate defendant's arguments in the first instance. The trial judge may conduct appropriate proceedings prior to deciding the issue of sanctions and costs. We make no judgment as to the merits of the Order issued.