What the panel ordered
Findings of Fact and Order issued by WCJ on March 10, 2020 rescinded; Compromise and Release approved
Petition for reconsideration of Findings and Award issued by WCJ on March 10, 2020, granted and reconsidered by WCAB panel
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 petition for reconsideration was timely filed considering the COVID-19 district office closure tolling; the Compromise and Release was found adequate and in applicant's best interest; attorneys' fees were reasonable; thus, the Findings and Award were rescinded and the Compromise and Release approved.
From the decision · page 1Applicant timely petitioned for reconsideration of the Findings and Award issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on March 10, 2020. We granted reconsideration to study the factual and legal issues presented.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.