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.
WCAB lacks jurisdiction before an application is filed; defendant need not file application if paying PD per treating physician, panel QME, or AME.
From the decision · page 174 accordance with the treating physician's report(s).13
Sanctions warranted for using WCAB process (depositions) before application filed, when WCAB lacked jurisdiction.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
PMG was paying permanent disability indemnity in accordance with the treating physician's report, not the panel QME's higher rating.
Favours Defendant prevailed
Defendant need not file application if paying PD per treating physician, so order to file application was void.
From the decision · page 18