What the panel ordered
Petition for reconsideration dismissed as untimely; Board declined to address the merits.
Defendant petitioned for reconsideration of the WCJ's January 10, 2025 Findings of Fact, Awards and Orders; the petition was dismissed as untimely.
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 petition for reconsideration was filed more than 25 days after service of the WCJ's decision and is therefore untimely; the time limit is jurisdictional and cannot be waived.
From the decision · page 4mandated by Rule 10206.3 and our WCAB Rule 10615(b). (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10206.3(a), 10615(b).) The filing date was more than 25 days after the service of the WCJ's decision on January 10, 2025, and beyond whatever extension of time, if any, the petitioner might have been entitled to under WCAB Rule 10600. Therefore, the Petition for Reconsideration is untimely and subject to dismissal.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.