What the panel ordered
Reconsideration granted; Order number 1 amended to clarify temporary total disability entitlement and credits; otherwise, findings and order affirmed.
Petition for reconsideration of the June 6, 2023 Findings and Order, with the WCAB adopting and incorporating 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.
Temporary disabilityApplicant prevailedright shoulder
The alternative work offered was found to be an invalid assignment, and applicant was temporarily totally disabled as of July 11, 2022, per treating doctor, with credit for sums paid and earnings at alternative employment.
From the decision · page 3the applicant accepted the alternative work offered, by defendants, at a thrift store, working less than 40- hours per week, for $15 per hour. At-issue for trial was the validity of the modified, alternative work offer, and whether the applicant was temporarily totally disabled as of July 11, 2022, per treating doctor, Dr. Mark Ganjianpour.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.