What the panel ordered
Petition for Reconsideration denied.
Petition for Reconsideration filed by Vons from the WCJ's Joint Findings and Orders dated 09/14/2021 regarding enforcement proceedings of Joint Stipulations with Request for Award dated 10/23/1990.
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold February 26, 2021.
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 WCJ and WCAB found that the Joint Award of 10/23/1990, which stipulated 50% liability for future medical care costs to each defendant, remains enforceable against Vons despite a subsequent Compromise & Release between Vons and the applicant that did not include Armstrong and did not extinguish Vons' liability.
From the decision · page 6"The Defendants agree to be responsible for the cost of future medical care in equal shares of 50% each to be administered by Vons/Comco."