What the panel ordered
WCAB rescinded the WCJ decision and substituted a finding that applicant's injury arose out of and occurred in the course of employment; matter returned to WCJ for further proceedings
Petition for Reconsideration granted by the WCAB on December 3, 2004, reviewing the WCJ Findings and Order issued September 16, 2004
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 WCAB held that the injury arose out of and occurred in the course of employment because the injury was caused by striking the body against objects at work, despite the fall being caused by a nonindustrial seizure disorder.
From the decision · page 419 fall was caused by his nonindustrial seizure disorder, but the injury was the striking of his body
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Applicant fell from scaffold due to nonindustrial seizure disorder but injury was caused by striking body against wall, scaffolding, landing, and ground at work.