What the panel ordered
WCAB rescinded the WCJ Findings and Award of November 5, 2019, and approved the Stipulations With Request for Award filed April 29, 2021, including attorneys' fees and medical legal expenses.
Defendant SIBTF petitioned for reconsideration of the WCJ Findings and Award issued November 5, 2019; reconsideration was granted to study factual and legal issues; parties resolved claim by Stipulations With Request for Award filed April 29, 2021.
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 granted reconsideration to study the issues and concluded the stipulations were adequate and in the applicant's best interest, approving them and rescinding the prior WCJ award.
From the decision · page 1The defendant Subsequent Injuries Benefit Trust Fund (SIBTF) timely petitioned for reconsideration of the Findings and Award that was issued by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) on November 5, 2019. We granted reconsideration to study the factual and legal issues in this matter.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.