What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied.
Defendant filed a Petition to Amend or Set Aside the Compromise and Release (C&R) agreement, which the WCJ denied. Defendant then filed a Petition for Reconsideration, which is the subject of this decision.
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.
Reconsideration / removalDefendant prevailedshoulders · neck · back · right hand · right fingers · arms · hands · forearms · elbows · nervous system
The WCJ and WCAB found no good cause to amend or set aside the C&R, noting defendant's failure to verify the petition and lack of evidence to support the amendment claim.
From the decision · page 1Defendant seeks reconsideration of the December 22, 2020 Findings and Order ("F&O"), wherein the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) denied defendant's petition pursuant to Labor Code section 58031 to amend the date of injury on the Compromise and Release ("C&R") filed by the parties, or, alternatively, to set aside that C&R, based upon mutual mistake of fact.