What the panel ordered
The petition for removal was dismissed as moot because the relief sought by the defendant had already occurred.
Defendant filed a petition for removal from a Joint Order Vacating issued by the WCJ, which was resolved amicably after the applicant amended the pleadings.
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 as moot because the relief sought by the defendant had already occurred after the applicant amended the pleadings.
From the decision · page 1Defendant has filed a petition for removal from the "Joint Order Vacating Pursuant 8 Cal. Code of Regs. § 10955(d)" issued on December 9, 2025, by the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ). The WCJ rescinded a prior order denying defendant's petition for dismissal and ordered the parties to meet and confer on the issue.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.