What the panel ordered
Vacated order granting reconsideration; dismissed petition for reconsideration as premature; treated as petition to set aside stipulations with request for award and remanded for evidentiary hearing on good causep. 8
Petition for reconsideration of WCJ Findings (July 11, 2019) and Stipulations with Request for Award (September 22, 2020); WCAB previously granted reconsideration, now vacates grant and dismisses petition as premature
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.
Petition filed more than 25 days after service of Findings; time limit is jurisdictional
From the decision · page 3Applicant’s Petition is date stamped as filed with the district office on February 24, 2021. This was more than 25 days after the service of the WCJ’s July 11, 2019 decision and beyond whatever extension of time, if any, applicant might have been entitled to under WCAB Rule 10600.