What the panel ordered
Findings of Fact and Orders of March 9, 2022, rescinded; matter returned to WCJ for consideration of Compromise and Release and further proceedings
Petition for reconsideration of WCJ Findings of Fact and Orders filed March 9, 2022, granted; matter remanded to WCJ to consider Compromise and Release and for further proceedings
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The Board granted reconsideration to study the factual and legal issues but ultimately rescinded the WCJ decision and remanded the matter for settlement consideration.
From the decision · page 1Defendant National Interstate Insurance Company, the workers compensation insurance carrier for defendant LMS Transport, petitioned for reconsideration of the Findings of Fact and Orders issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) in this matter on March 9, 2022. In that decision, the WCJ made findings and orders that the applicant is entitled to home health care in the form of LVN level care, as well as certified nurse's assistant care for 12 hours per day, 7 days per week.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The parties agreed to resolve the matter by Compromise and Release after reconsideration was granted.
Favours neutral
This agreement led the Board to rescind the WCJ decision and remand the matter for settlement consideration.
From the decision · page 1Subsequently, the parties participated in a commissioners' settlement conference at our request and thereafter agreed to resolve this matter by Compromise and Release as to all issues.
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, 10961
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, 10961
The District Office is precluded from acting on a case while it is pending on reconsideration, necessitating remand to WCJ for settlement review.
From the decision · page 1Since the District Office is precluded from acting on a case while it is pending on reconsideration (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10961), in order to permit review by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) of the proposed settlement, we will rescind the
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