What the panel ordered
Petition for reconsideration/removal denied
Petition for reconsideration or removal of WCJ Findings and Order denying validity of requested QME panel number 7774203
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 panel number 7774203 was invalidated because the claim number used was incorrect and the panel was not properly served, consistent with regulatory requirements and precedent.
From the decision · page 6Additionally, the WCJ's decision to invalidate panel number 7774203 to the extent it was not properly served is consistent with WCAB Rule 10625, which states in relevant part:
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Applicant used an incorrect claim number in requesting QME panel number 7774203 and failed to properly serve defendant AmTrust.
Favours Defendant prevailed
This failure defeated the goal of minimizing conflicts regarding the validity of a QME panel and justified invalidation of the panel number 7774203.
From the decision · page 8failing to properly serve defendant AmTrust. (Def. Exh. C.) Whether intentional or not, such actions defeat our goal of minimizing potential conflicts with respect to the validity of a QME panel. (Silveira, supra, at *14) Accordingly, applicant's requested panel number 7774203 was properly invalidated. (Id. at *13 ["[T]he claim number underlying a panel request must be correctly identified to provide all parties with the opportunity to evaluate the validity of the request and to be heard on issues arising out of the request, as necessary."])
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, 10625 (a)
Service shall be made on the attorney or agent of record of each affected party unless that party is unrepresented, in which event service shall be made directly on the party, except as otherwise provided by these rules or ordered or allowed by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.
The WCJ's decision to invalidate panel number 7774203 to the extent it was not properly served is consistent with this regulation.
From the decision · page 6Additionally, the WCJ's decision to invalidate panel number 7774203 to the extent it was not properly served is consistent with WCAB Rule 10625, which states in relevant part:
What proof carried it
The evidence the panel weighed, by kind.
Applicant failed to properly serve defendant AmTrust with the requested QME panel number 7774203 and used an incorrect claim number in the request.
From the decision · page 8failing to properly serve defendant AmTrust. (Def. Exh. C.) Whether intentional or not, such actions defeat our goal of minimizing potential conflicts with respect to the validity of a QME panel. (Silveira, supra, at *14) Accordingly, applicant's requested panel number 7774203 was properly invalidated. (Id. at *13 ["[T]he claim number underlying a panel request must be correctly identified to provide all parties with the opportunity to evaluate the validity of the request and to be heard on issues arising out of the request, as necessary."])
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