What the panel ordered
Petitions for Removal granted; OSAs rescinded; WCJ disqualified; cases returned to PWCJ for reassignmentp. 25
Petitions for Removal from Orders Suspending Action on Compromise and Release
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.
WCJ's OSAs exceeded authority by requiring dismissal with prejudice and by failing to create an evidentiary record before suspending action on C&Rs
From the decision · page 25As our Decision After Removal, we rescind each of the OSAs, order that the WCJ be disqualified from further proceedings in each case, and thereafter rescind the order of consolidation, and return each case to the PWCJ for reassignment to another WCJ and for further proceedings consistent with this decision.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
WCJ's OSAs directed applicants to dismiss cases with prejudice if medical evidence was not submitted