What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration dismissed
Petition for Reconsideration seeking increase in attorney fees dismissed for failure to provide required proof of service notice to applicant
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 was dismissed because it failed to include proof of service on the applicant of notice of the attorney's adverse interest and the applicant's right to seek independent counsel as required by WCAB Rule 10842.
From the decision · page 1(Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10842.) Here, the Petition for Reconsideration seeks an increase in attorney fees but is not accompanied by proof of service on applicant of notice of applicant's attorney's adverse interest and of applicant's right to seek independent counsel. Therefore, the Petition is subject to dismissal.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Petition for reconsideration seeking increase in attorney fees was not accompanied by proof of service on applicant of notice of attorney's adverse interest and right to seek independent counsel.