What the panel ordered
Findings of Fact, Award and Order of November 12, 2020 rescinded; Compromise and Release filed August 6, 2021 approved; award made in favor of applicant as specified in the settlement.
Defendant petitioned for reconsideration of the WCJ's Findings of Fact, Award and Order issued November 12, 2020; WCJ report recommended denial of petition; parties later agreed to a Compromise and Release settlement.
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 WCJ found that apportionment is not justified by the agreed medical examiner's opinion; defendant contested this but the WCJ report recommended denial of reconsideration; the matter was settled by compromise and release.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The WCJ found that apportionment of liability for permanent disability is not justified by the opinion of the agreed medical examiner, Dr. Peter Mandell.
Favours Applicant prevailed