What the panel ordered
September 30, 2020 Orders to Provide an SJDB Voucher and Penalties and to Pay PDAS and Penalties are rescinded; matter returned to trial level for further proceedings and decision by WCJ
Matter pending on reconsideration; parties reached a proposed settlement; case returned to trial level for WCJ to consider settlement
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The Appeals Board rescinded prior orders and returned the matter to the trial level to allow the WCJ to consider the proposed settlement while the case was pending on reconsideration, as the District Office is precluded from acting during reconsideration.
From the decision · page 1It has come to the attention of the Appeals Board that, while this matter has been pending on reconsideration,1 the parties have reached a proposed settlement.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Parties reached a proposed settlement while the matter was pending on reconsideration