What the panel ordered
Petition for Disqualification dismissed as moot; Petition for Removal dismissed as not ripe for adjudication
Petition for Disqualification and Petition for Removal filed by applicant
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.
Applicant failed to identify any order or decision of the WCJ from which removal is sought, and the WCJ was reassigned after venue change, making the disqualification petition moot.
From the decision · page 1Applicant seeks disqualification of the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) based upon the allegation that the WCJ is biased. Applicant further seeks removal from the WCJ's "implicit allowance or failure to control the defense's overbroad HIPAA release request." It appears that defendant may have requested that applicant agree to sign a HIPAA release, and applicant appears to object.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.