What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied.
Petition for Reconsideration filed by Defendants was reviewed and denied by the WCAB panel, adopting the WCJ's report.
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 WCJ found the PQME report to be substantial medical evidence establishing industrial causation of COVID-19 death within a reasonable medical probability, supported by credible testimony of Emilio Soto and lack of adequate defense evidence to the contrary.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
PQME report found that deceased likely contracted COVID-19 at work within reasonable medical probability.
Favours Applicant prevailed
This medical opinion was the basis for finding industrial causation and substantial medical evidence supporting the claim.
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