What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration granted; F&A affirmed except award amended to name State of California, Department of Justice as the party liable for benefits awarded against SCIFp. 2
Defendant's Petition for Reconsideration of WCJ's second amended Findings and Award dated December 15, 2023
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.
State of California, Department of Justice was applicant's employer at time of injury and therefore the party liable for the award; SCIF merely provides adjustment services to legally uninsured state agencies
From the decision · page 3Upon review, we agree with defendant that State of California, Department of Justice, was applicant’s employer at the time of her injury and was the party liable for the benefits that the WCJ awarded against SCIF. (Petition, pp. 4-5; F&A, December 15, 2023, p.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.