What the panel ordered
WCJ's Findings and Orders of June 10, 2025 rescinded; matter returned to trial level; Petition for Removal dismissed
Petition for Removal and Petition for Reconsideration filed; reconsideration granted; matter remanded to WCJ for settlement approval
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold September 8, 2025, November 16, 2022.
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 WCAB granted reconsideration and remanded the matter to the WCJ for settlement approval, but dismissed the Petition for Removal as moot because it was filed on the same date as the original decision.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Petition for Removal was filed on the same date as the WCJ's original decision, June 10, 2025.
Favours Defendant prevailed
This rendered the Petition for Removal moot and led to its dismissal.
From the decision · page 2With respect to the Petition for Removal, as the Petition was filed on June 10, 2025, and the decision issued on June 10, 2025, the Petition was rendered moot. Thus, we will dismiss it.
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, 10961
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, 10961
The District Office is precluded from acting on a case while it is pending on reconsideration.
From the decision · page 1Since the District Office is precluded from acting on a case while it is pending on reconsideration (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10961), in order to permit review by the WCJ of the proposed settlement, we will rescind the decision of which reconsideration is sought and return this matter to the trial level for the WCJ to consider the proposed settlement. We note that this is
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