What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration/Removal is denied.
Defendant filed a timely petition for reconsideration/removal of the WCJ's October 16, 2020 Findings and Order; the Appeals Board considered the petition and the WCJ's report.
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's decision included threshold issues making it a final order subject to reconsideration, but the petition only challenged an interlocutory order, so the removal standard was applied. The petitioner did not show significant prejudice or irreparable harm, nor that reconsideration would be inadequate.
From the decision · page 2Here, the WCJ's October 16, 2020 Findings and Order includes findings on employment and injury arising out of and occurring in the course of employment (AOE/COE) which are threshold issues. Accordingly, the WCJ's decision is a final order subject to reconsideration rather than removal.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.