What the panel ordered
Petitions for reconsideration filed by defendant and applicant are denied.
Petitions for reconsideration of the Findings, Award, Order issued on July 17, 2024, were filed by both defendant and applicant and denied by the WCAB panel.
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.
Penalties under Labor Code §5814Defendant prevailedlower back · left knee
The WCJ and WCAB found no credible evidence of ex parte communication, bad faith misrepresentations, or failure to provide timely medical treatment by defendant, and no basis to impose penalties or sanctions.
From the decision · page 1Defendant contends that the WCJ erroneously failed to impose sanctions for applicant's attorney's alleged (1) ex parte communication to the PQME in violation of Labor Code section 4062.3; and (2) bad faith misrepresentations in applicant's petition for sanctions and costs.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.