What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration is dismissed as untimely.
Defendant filed a Petition for Reconsideration of the WCJ's February 8, 2021 decision.
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 filed more than 25 days after service of the WCJ's decision, making it untimely and depriving the Appeals Board of jurisdiction to consider it.
From the decision · page 2The petition in this matter was filed on March 29, 2021. This was more than 25 days after the service of the WCJ's February 8, 2021 decision and beyond whatever extension of time, if any, the petitioner might have been entitled to under WCAB Rule 10600.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The petition for reconsideration was filed on March 29, 2021, more than 25 days after the service of the WCJ's February 8, 2021 decision.